Box Elder County secures $195,000 CDBG grant for Riverside–North Garland water well upgrades

Box Elder County Commissioner Lee Perry opened a May 19, 2026 public hearing in the Box Elder County Commission Chambers in Brigham City to review the county’s Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application for the Riverside–North Garland Water Project. Commissioner Perry said the county’s application was successful in the regional rating and ranking process and was granted $195,000 from the 2026 CDBG program; the full project cost is $1,019,010.

Commissioner Lee Perry introduced Project Manager David Forsberg, who provided an overview of the work the grant will support. Forsberg said the project team will purchase a new well and rehabilitate it to bring it up to culinary standards so the system complies with drinking-water requirements. The project also includes upgrades to piping that will carry water from the well to Riverside and North Garland and a connection to an existing transmission line located east of the well; Forsberg described that segment as part of a gravity-fed delivery system.

No members of the public offered comment during the hearing. Commissioner Perry said copies of the county’s capital investment plan are available to anyone who wishes to review them. With no public comment, the hearing adjourned at 3:06 p.m. The minutes were adopted and approved in regular session on May 19, 2026, with Marla R. Young attesting as clerk.

What happens next was not specified in the hearing record: the transcript does not state a county vote or implementation timetable. The record shows the grant award amount, the project total cost, and a description of the planned well purchase and piping upgrades as the primary substantive items discussed at the hearing.