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Resident asks Skagit County about vulnerability to federal grant cuts; officials say risk is department-by-department
Summary
A resident asked whether Skagit County is tracking potential federal grant reductions; county officials said there is not a single grants officer and that some county grant-funded programs totaling about $1.3 million are at risk.
At the Skagit County Board of Commissioners public comment period, resident Rebecca Pack asked whether the county has a grant compliance officer assessing the potential local impacts of federal and state grant reductions.
Rebecca Pack said projects in other communities had stalled because of lost federal funding and asked whether Skagit County had “some sort of grant compliance officer who is figuring out how Skagit County may be hit by any kind of cuts to the grants coming from the feds.”
A county official responded that the county does not have a single, centralized grants officer and that grants are handled department by department. The official said the county was aware of possible reductions and had discussed “about a million 3 in grants that are at risk,” and gave an example of roughly $1.1 million described in the meeting as funds intended for proactive buyouts or elevating homes at risk.
The official added that while the county had not received written confirmation of cuts, staff were proceeding cautiously and analyzing which positions are grant-funded.
No formal action resulted from the comment; the exchange was recorded as public comment and staff briefing rather than a board directive.
