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Neon council hears updates on sewer projects and grant opportunities, staff offers application support
Summary
At the Feb. 16 meeting the City of Neon received staff updates on the Hanging Force main sewer project and several grant opportunities — including an abandoned mine lands grant open through May 1 and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) options — and staff offered to help start applications.
An unidentified speaker summarized upcoming water and sewer work for the City of Neon and urged council members to prepare for related contract approvals.
"We got a lot of stuff kind of coming up with CRAD," Speaker 2 said, and named the Hanging Force main sewer project as an imminent item. The speaker told the council staff would be contacting members about contracts that will need council action.
Speaker 2 also noted grant opportunities. "The abandoned mine lands grama just opened up and they're open until the May 1," Speaker 2 said, adding that projects within about a one-mile radius of a mine are likely to qualify: "Pretty much any project in our area is gonna qualify." The speaker offered direct assistance, saying, "If you've got anything you want to apply for, just contact me and I'll get that application started."
On federal-state block grants, Speaker 2 said the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program reopened in April and warned it is administratively demanding: "They are a monster of a grant. There's a lot to them." The speaker recounted a prior unsuccessful wastewater-treatment-plant grant application but suggested reapplying could succeed: "If we tried that again that we could probably get that approved."
No formal decisions or funding approvals were recorded in the transcript excerpt; the remarks were presented as staff updates and offers of assistance. The council did not set deadlines or vote on specific grant applications during the recorded portion of the meeting.
Next steps: staff indicated they would follow up with members about specific contracts and offered to begin grant application work for projects that council members identify.
