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Hancock selectpersons approve $1.57M USDA grant for new fire station
Summary
On Dec. 18, 2024, Hancock selectpersons voted to accept a $1,567,000 USDA Community Facilities Grant to fund construction of a new fire station; required federal forms were signed, notarized and slated for recording at the Hancock Registry of Deeds.
Hancock selectpersons voted on Dec. 18 to accept a $1,567,000 Community Facilities Grant from USDA Rural Development to support construction of a new Hancock fire station. Fire Chief Chris Holmes presented the grant paperwork and the board approved the acceptance and execution of required federal forms.
The board recorded a unanimous vote to approve Form RD 3570-3, the Community Facilities Grant Agreement, and authorized the chair and the clerk to execute and deliver all documents necessary to carry out the grant, including Form RD 400-1 (Equal Opportunity Agreement) and Form RD 400-4 (Assurance Agreement). The motion for the chair to sign RD 3570-3 was made by Bill Birdsall, seconded by Sean Jones, and is recorded as passed. The board also voted to sign a resolution accepting the grant and to sign and notarize the USDA Notice of Federal Interest; the notices and forms were signed and the Notice of Federal Interest was notarized by the clerk.
Why this matters: the USDA Community Facilities Grant is the primary funding vehicle recorded by the board for the station; completing and recording the paperwork secures the town’s authorization to proceed with construction and establishes the federal interest for public-record purposes.
The minutes state the signed Notice of Federal Interest will be filed and recorded at the Hancock Registry of Deeds. No construction timeline or contractor was specified in the meeting minutes.
