Bradley County mayor seeks $1 million CDBG grant to turf playing fields

Mayor Davis asked the Bradley County Commission to place a resolution on the next voting-session agenda to approve applying for a $1,000,000 Community Development Block Grant with a 17% county match to turf playing fields that have been previously discussed.

The mayor told commissioners she is distributing the proposed resolution and asked that it be added to the Feb. 17 voting agenda. "I'm passing out a resolution that I would hope someone will put on the agenda next week to be approved. It's approving the application for 1,000,000 dollar CDBG grant with a 17% match coming from the county," Mayor Davis said. She added that the grant would go toward the proposed turfing of the fields discussed in earlier presentations.

Commissioner Alford asked about the timeline for an award. Mayor Davis said she believes the award decisions come in the fall and that additional steps would take place in the winter months, but she did not provide a specific award date. The transcript records the mayor saying she "thinks we will know in the fall," and that she was "not sure what that date was." The commission did not vote on the application during this meeting; the mayor's request was placed on the commission's next voting-session agenda.

The request will require a formal resolution and a commission vote at the scheduled voting session. The mayor and staff did not provide a detailed funding breakdown beyond the 17% local match; no competitive or programmatic conditions were discussed on the record at this meeting. The next procedural step noted on the record is consideration at the Feb. 17 voting session.