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Commissioners approve letter supporting Eureka School District planning grant application
Summary
The board unanimously approved a letter of support for the Eureka School District to apply for a water and waste infrastructure planning grant for a proposed K–8 school; the application deadline was said to be in August.
Lincoln County commissioners approved a letter of support that the Eureka School District will include with an infrastructure planning grant application focused on water and wastewater infrastructure for a proposed K–8 school.
A consultant appearing virtually (identified in the record as "Killing Cook") told the board she and her husband had been hired by the district to pursue grants and described pressing infrastructure needs: "both of which are in pretty dire straits at the [current] school buildings," she said, urging that the board sign a support letter that must be submitted by the August deadline.
Commissioners said support letters are “the least we can do” and moved to approve the letter; there was no public comment. The presiding official signed the letter in the meeting and indicated it would be passed for further signatures.
Next steps: Staff will transmit the signed letter with the district’s grant application. The county did not commit funding in this action; the vote was limited to a letter of community support for the district’s grant application.
