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Court approves engineering teams for hazard‑mitigation design and adopts flood‑control resolution
Summary
The court approved four engineering firms for a hazard‑mitigation design grant (three watershed engineers and one for special sites) and adopted a resolution authorizing submission to the flood‑control local matching fund program and delegating execution authority to county staff.
Letcher County Fiscal Court approved a package of engineering selections Dec. 15 to advance design work under a hazard mitigation grant, and adopted a resolution authorizing application to a local flood‑control matching fund.
Staff said the current grant covers design and site‑specific plans; the scoring committee recommended Beaver Creek Hydrology, Environmental Consultants (CEC), Resources Environmental Solutions, LLC for watershed design and New River Engineers for special or atypical sites. The committee’s rationale emphasized qualifications over lowest price to meet timeline and technical requirements.
The court voted to authorize staff to execute application materials and related assurances and directed the county executive and county staff to act as the applicant’s official representatives for the program. The adopted resolution also acknowledges that the applicant must comply with applicable program rules and laws as a condition of receiving assistance.
What’s next: engineering contracts will proceed under terms that limit changes to contract amounts, and the county expects the design phase to be followed later by construction procurement and local contractor engagement for implementation.
