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Red Oak notes $500,000 EPA Brownfields award; council approves Rural Innovation housing grant application
Summary
Mayor Shawnna L. Silvius acknowledged a forthcoming $500,000 EPA Brownfields grant and the council approved a resolution to apply for a Rural Innovation (Housing) grant tied to a Mayor's Design Workshop. The council also recorded administrative Brownfields training and related items.
The Red Oak City Council heard administrative updates on Brownfields work and voted to pursue additional housing funding tied to those efforts.
At the Aug. 4 meeting Mayor Shawnna L. Silvius acknowledged a forthcoming $500,000 award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for Brownfields work and thanked the Heartland Region 7 team for support. City Administrator Lisa Kotter also reported Brownfields grant training among administrator items.
Following that update, Councilmember Sharon Bradley moved and Councilmember Tim Fridolph seconded Resolution 2025‑92 to submit an application for the Rural Innovation (Housing) grant, described in the meeting as an outcome of the Mayor's Design Workshop. The resolution passed by unanimous roll call.
Administrator Kotter additionally reported on nuisance invoices, the utility billing schedule, city‑owned house demolitions and a planned audit review to be presented at the Aug. 18 council meeting. The transcript does not provide the specific uses for the $500,000 Brownfields funds nor a detailed budget for the Rural Innovation application; those details were not specified.
