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Whitfield County closes two-phase food bank project; federal funding cited at $2.4 million
Summary
Carol Roberts told commissioners the county closed both phases of a federal grant for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank in Dalton, reporting $2,402,806 in federal funds and $11,306,055 contributed locally to purchase and remodel a building and support freezer repairs.
Carol Roberts, the county’s grant writer, presented a public hearing item to announce the closure of a two-phase federal grant that funded property purchase and remodeling for the Chattanooga Area Food Bank’s Dalton facility and later provided operating funds to cover freezer repairs.
Roberts said the federal funding totaled $2,402,806 and that the food bank raised $11,306,055 in local funds. She described the first phase (purchase and remodeling) as completed about two years ago and said a later $50,000 addition helped cover operating costs when a freezer went down. Roberts told the board both phases of the project have been closed out.
The chair opened a brief public comment period specific to the grant; no speaker raised objections during that hearing segment. The board then closed the public hearing. The chair noted different grants have different reporting or public-hearing requirements and that this grant required a public hearing to announce project closure.
Quote from the hearing: "The the federal funding in total was $2,402,806. Local funds ... they put in $11,306,055," Carol Roberts said.
Next steps: the board closed the public hearing and moved on to other agenda items. Any audit or financial reconciliation of the project will follow the county’s standard grant-closeout process.
