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Board reviews municipal allocations, remaining rural grant balance
Summary
Board members reviewed municipal business development distributions (base $20,000 per municipality plus a proposed $150,000 proportional split), discussed remaining rural grant funds (~$143,792.85) and set an April 15 deadline for municipalities to submit business-license counts for inclusion.
At the April 7 meeting the King County Economic Opportunity Board reviewed recent municipal allocations from the county’s business development funds and discussed a proposed proportional distribution of an additional $150,000.
Chair reported several municipalities — including BigWater, Glendale and Orderville — have received $20,000 each as an initial municipal allocation and that one municipality (Alton) was still finalizing project numbers. Board members outlined a plan to divide an additional $150,000 proportionally based on each municipality’s share of business licenses; staff said members would compute percentages from submitted business-license counts.
Members agreed to set a firm deadline for municipalities to supply their business-license counts: if a municipality does not respond by April 15 it risks exclusion from the proportional split. Staff said they would continue to follow up with nonresponding communities.
The chair also reported a remaining balance in the rural county grant fund of approximately $143,792.85 after previously approved allocations, including $50,000 set aside for the business grants and $50,000 for a transportation project. The board reviewed examples of how earlier small municipal awards had been used — from arena solar panels and sidewalk improvements to RV-park infrastructure — and discussed $40,000 allocated for business-training programs (food-handler and QuickBooks courses through local providers).
Board members asked staff to finalize the municipal counts, compute the proportional shares, and circulate the figures. The board set a tentative follow-up meeting for May 5 to review progress.
