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Louisa County approves application and local match for emergency radio grant
Summary
The board approved Resolution 202615 to apply to the Washington County Riverboat Foundation for emergency radio equipment and also approved a proposed local match (discussed at about 50% or approximately $22,615) to strengthen the application.
Louisa County supervisors approved a resolution to apply for a grant from the Washington County Riverboat Foundation to buy emergency radio equipment that would outfit courthouse offices, county roads, public health and judicial staff with portable radios.
County staff presented the project during the meeting and said a local match improves the application’s competitiveness. The packet shows the project total in a line read aloud in the meeting (transcript text: “45,23155”); during discussion staff and supervisors described using a 50% match and recorded an amount of about $22,615 as the county’s share.
A supervisor argued the radios would reduce delay in emergency notification and could save lives in active-shooter or medical emergencies by cutting time between incident and response. “It saves one life. That’s a pretty cheap way of saving one life,” a supervisor said in support of committing match funds.
The board moved to approve Resolution 202615 and then moved to approve matching funds; both motions were seconded and carried. The meeting record shows the motions passed without a roll-call vote recorded in the transcript.
What’s next: County staff will submit the grant application on the stated deadline; supervisors said they would sign the paperwork and finalize the application before the submission window closed.
