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Council reports tentative pickleball grant approval and readies baseball‑field grant application
Summary
Staff said the town is tentatively in a top tier for a state review of a pickleball‑court grant (final state approval pending) and that the town will submit a baseball‑field renovation grant with a $200,000 maximum and a required minimum 30% local match.
Staff told the council the town was tentatively approved by the grant reviewer for a pickleball‑court project but cautioned that final approval rests with the state. “It does have to go through the state. So we can't say for sure that we have it,” the staff member said.
Separately, staff reported they are preparing a grant application for baseball‑field renovations with a grant maximum of $200,000 and a required local match of at least 30 percent; council discussed increasing the match to improve selection odds. Bids for soil work, hydro‑seeding and laser grading were being compiled and staff warned one lighting bid likely contained a typo (listed as $489,000) that the town will review before including costs in a match calculation.
Council asked staff to gather letters of recommendation from the county and regional recreation partners for the baseball grant and to finalize bid estimates so the application can be submitted by the stated packet deadline.
