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Seminole Municipal Authority accepts $650,264 OWRB grant; local match of $667,316 required
Summary
The Seminole Municipal Authority voted to accept a $650,264.59 grant from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board contingent on a $667,316.39 local match; staff said most match funds have already been spent on completed projects and would be reimbursed.
The Seminole Municipal Authority voted to accept a grant from the Oklahoma Water Resources Board (grant ARPDash23Dash0298DashG) worth $650,264.59, contingent on a local match of $667,316.39. The motion passed by roll call at the municipal authority meeting.
City staff explained the match money has largely already been expended on completed projects and will be reimbursed from the grant once processed. A senior staff member summarized the financing arrangement, saying the authority’s “match money frankly is already in the ground” and that the grant funds will “eventually be refunded to us.”
The authority approved the acceptance during consideration of current‑business items that also included contract payments for the wastewater treatment plant. Council members voted on the measure by roll call; the motion passed unanimously according to the record.
Next steps: staff will process the necessary paperwork with the Oklahoma Water Resources Board and return to council with final accounting as part of routine fiscal reporting. The acceptance was recorded during the municipal authority meeting and the related discussion began at SEG 246 and concluded at SEG 289.
