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Board approves moving forward with $1 million DOE grant for electric system upgrades
Summary
A board member said a $1,000,000 Department of Energy grant administered by the Mississippi Development Authority would fund a SCADA and outage-management system; the board authorized staff to enter the agreement, with a match amount discussed in the meeting.
A town staffer told the board the municipality has been offered a $1,000,000 Department of Energy grant administered through the Mississippi Development Authority to help install a SCADA (supervisory control and data acquisition) and an outage-management system for the local electric system.
The presenter said the grant requires a local match; in the meeting the speaker stated an $84,000 match figure and characterized the match as "a high percentage." The transcript contains an unclear phrasing about the match (the speaker said "a quarter of $84,000 match"), and no formal budget breakdown or final match percentage was provided in the meeting record. The board voted to authorize staff to enter into the grant agreement with the MDA.
Board members raised no recorded objections during the motion to accept and move forward. Staff will return with final documentation and the attorney's review before final execution of binding grant paperwork.
