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Scott County Board Accepts NRCS Award and Agrees to Reserve Funds for Cove Creek Work
Summary
Supervisors voted to accept and 'lock in' a federal NRCS award for stream/creek restoration projects (including a project labeled SCOTT 3) and to place the funding into a county account for future draw-down; the county would be responsible for a local match and engineering costs if projects proceed.
The Scott County Board of Supervisors voted Jan. 7 to accept a federal grant award from the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and to submit paperwork to place the award into a county-held account. The action was framed as securing reimbursable federal funds so the county can later draw down payments as project receipts are submitted.
County staff told the board the NRCS package includes a project the board had previously fought to have reconsidered — identified in materials as SCOTT 3 — and that engineers' estimates put the SCOTT 3 construction estimate at "833,333 and 33¢" for the project…
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