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Fayetteville board weighs mayoral authority to sign FEMA safe-room contract amid funding questions
Summary
City staff asked the board to authorize the mayor to sign a FEMA hazard-mitigation contract for a school safe room; members agreed to move the item to the Tuesday meeting but demanded proof the federal/state funds are securely available before granting signature authority.
Fayetteville staff asked the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to allow the mayor to sign a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program contract needed to resume a delayed school safe-room project and to trigger requests for additional reimbursements.
Project staff said the contract must be signed to request additional funds and to secure extensions that have already been used once; without a signed contract the city cannot seek reimbursements that the contractor is holding. Eric Jones, who led the presentation, said the federal/state process has created…
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