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Federal grant freeze prompts Coconino County to flag $1.3M NRCS reimbursement on hold
Summary
County staff told supervisors Feb. 4 that the Natural Resources Conservation Service has placed an approved reimbursement of about $1.3 million on hold and that a second NRCS submittal of about $4.7 million is awaiting state approval before moving to the federal office.
Coconino County officials told the Board of Supervisors Feb. 4 that recent federal actions affecting grant reimbursements have put millions of dollars linked to local flood mitigation projects at risk.
Deputy county manager Lucinda Andreani told the board she had just learned from the county’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) contact that a reimbursement request already approved at the local and state levels — roughly $1.3 million — has been placed on hold at the Washington, D.C., office. She said there is a second submittal of about $4.7 million likely to move through state approval and then to D.C. for payment.
County staff said the NRCS amounts are reimbursements for pipeline‑flood area mitigation projects and that the freeze applies broadly to some…
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