Goshen secures $1.8M EFC grant for Arcadia Hills; board reaffirms FY2026 fiscal policies

At the Jan. 2 reorganization meeting, Speaker 1 announced the town had secured an $1,800,000 grant from EFC for the Arcadia Hills project and said there is no required match on that portion of funding. Speaker 1 added the town would still need to pursue roughly $1,200,000 more to "close everything out." "It's an incredible, incredible gift," Speaker 1 said, thanking staff for their effort.

The board voted to authorize Speaker 1 to sign two documents related to the grant submission and to proceed with required filings. The motion to authorize submission was made, seconded and approved by roll call; Council member Gloria and Council member Lyons are recorded as voting Aye in the transcript.

In addition to the Arcadia Hills item, the board unanimously reaffirmed a series of routine fiscal resolutions for fiscal year 2026: the official undertaking of municipal officers, the town procurement policy, the town investment policy and the town debt-management policy. Each resolution was presented, moved, seconded and adopted on roll call with members recorded as voting Aye.

Speaker 1 estimated the Arcadia Hills project would be approximately $3.03 million after scope adjustments and said the town hoped to secure another $500,000 (and noted an overall need of roughly $1.2 million) to complete the work. The transcript does not list the additional funding sources to close the gap; Speaker 1 said the town would continue seeking funds and that some work might be done in-house to reduce costs.

Next procedural steps recorded in the meeting were authorization to sign grant-related documents and the completion of routine policy reaffirmations; attorneys were noted elsewhere in the meeting for procedural questions but no litigation or further legal action regarding the grant was recorded in the transcript.