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Grant administrator: COSAP monitor closed; $6 million congressional request could fund Haydenville sewer
Summary
Grant Administrator Sean Brooks told commissioners the COSAP grant monitor is closed after resolving findings, said the county will adopt CFR 200 vendor-debarment checks, and reported a $6,000,000 congressional discretionary request and Brownfield partnership efforts to support Haydenville sewer and remediation projects.
Sean Brooks, Hocking County grant administrator, told the Board of Commissioners on May 7 that an in-depth monitoring review of the county’s COSAP grant has been closed after the county corrected several findings.
"Every issue has been resolved. Everything is good," Brooks said, adding that the county will begin verifying that vendors and contractors are not suspended or debarred in accordance with CFR 200 and will update procurement policy to document prior approvals for certain sole-source procurements.
Brooks also described updates to the ICJR (improving criminal justice responses) grant, saying programmatic and budgetary modifications are under way and technical advisers are working with county staff to remedy identified weaknesses. "We're on the road to having all of the again, there were a few weaknesses," he said, noting that staff are implementing corrective steps.
Turning to infrastructure and redevelopment, Brooks said Hocking County has a letter of support from engineering firm DLZ for the Haydenville sanitary sewer improvement project and that the county requested $6,000,000 in congressional discretionary funding through Congressman Taylor’s office. "We requested $6,000,000 from, Congressman Taylor's office, and we made it through the initial vetting process," Brooks told the commissioners, adding the request has moved to committee but that he had not received further updates.
Brooks asked commissioners to sign a "clean hands" document to finalize the county’s participation as a partner in an eight-county Brownfield assessment grant led by Buckeye Hills (with Hocking County also working with Sunday Creek Horizons on a three-county Brownfield Coalition). He identified the Logan Clay property as a local target for assessment and said Phase I EPA assessments could make sites eligible for Phase II cleanup funding.
Brooks also noted a potential state roadway funding source (often referenced locally as "6.29" funds) to build county roadways that support economic development, though no target project has been identified. He encouraged commissioners to pursue opportunities and to attend a Buckeye Hills Regional Council meeting in June to strengthen interagency relationships.
The board voted to sign the requested letters and the clean-hands affidavit so staff can proceed with the regional Brownfield and Haydenville sewer grant efforts. The county plans to incorporate the procurement and monitoring changes Brooks outlined as it implements the grants.
