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County staff say $1.5M IDF award would double to $3M with Golden Leaf funds; motion made to approve Commerce Park sewer application
Summary
A county department representative said the county was awarded $1.5 million from the Department of Commerce Rural Infrastructure Authority to expand Commerce Park sewer infrastructure and that combined with a $1.5M Golden Leaf award would total $3M; the board moved to approve the related application but the transcript does not include an explicit recorded vote outcome for that motion.
County staff told the board that Northampton County has an application and a preliminary award from the Department of Commerce's Rural Infrastructure Authority (IDF) to expand sewer infrastructure at the Commerce Park.
"We were awarded $1,500,000 for the expansion of the sewer infrastructure in the Commerce Park," the department representative, identified in the transcript as Mister Bennett, said. Bennett told the board that the IDF award would supplement an existing $1,500,000 award from the Golden Leaf Foundation, "which brings that total grant to $3,000,000," and asked the board to vote on submitting the formal application.
Bennett cautioned that the current IDF notice was not the final grant award: "It is not the final grant award, but, it is just a formality," he said, and invited questions about the technical or administrative aspects of the project. Board members asked whether all items were in place to proceed; Bennett said the Commerce Park project is separate from Golden Leaf but that the two awards are expected to be combined to fund the whole project, and that a few technical matters remain to be resolved with Golden Leaf.
A board member moved to approve the resolution for the Northampton County Commerce Park sewer project application to the Rural Infrastructure Authority and another member seconded. The transcript records the motion, second and discussion but does not include an explicit recorded vote outcome in the available lines. The county representative said staff will submit the required application materials as part of the IDF process.
Next steps: county staff will finalize outstanding technical items with Golden Leaf representatives, prepare the formal application materials required by the Department of Commerce's Rural Infrastructure Authority, and proceed per the board's motion. The transcript does not show a final recorded vote outcome for the IDF application motion.
