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Resident urges Whigham to pursue sewer grants; council discusses federal outreach
Summary
Resident James Whigham urged the council to pursue sewer funding, citing a $1 million grant awarded to a nearby city; Mayor Pro Tem Jim Sellers said the city has applied for CDBG and other grants and planned outreach with Senator Warnock's office.
Resident James Whigham used the public participation period at the Oct. 14 Whigham City Council meeting to press the council on sewer service and grant-seeking.
Whigham said he had brought information about grants and noted that the City of Megs recently received a water-system grant of $1,000,000. "The City needs growth, but we also need to give people a reason to come," Whigham said, urging the council to pursue funding that could support sewer infrastructure. Mayor Pro Tem Jim Sellers responded that the city had applied for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds in the past and that program eligibility depends on specific criteria such as low-income population levels.
Sellers told the council that he and 'Nick' from the Downtown Development Authority planned a Zoom meeting the following day with a representative from Senator Warnock's office to discuss federal funding; Sellers said package sewer plants would be expensive, "about $600,000 each," and that the sewer project was the DDA’s top priority. The council discussed the need to identify qualifying projects and potential recreation or community-center partnerships that might improve eligibility for certain grants.
No formal motion or commitment to a particular grant was recorded at the meeting; the remarks were part of public comment and council discussion about outreach and project priorities.
