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Montreat manager reports $98,000 in new FEMA payments; town pursuing reimbursements for million-dollar recovery projects
Summary
Town Manager Savannah Parrish told the Feb. 12 forum that Montreat received about $98,000 in additional FEMA reimbursements and is coordinating with WithersRavenel on large road, stream-bank and landslide projects that must be completed before full reimbursements are issued. FEMA also offered a hazard-mitigation grant of about $45,000 for a floodproof Town Hall door.
At the Feb. 12 public forum, Town Manager Savannah Parrish updated the Montreat Board of Commissioners on federal disaster reimbursements and recovery planning.
Ms. Parrish reported the town had received an additional payment of approximately $98,000 from FEMA since the board’s last meeting. She said major projects — including road paving, stream-bank stabilization and landslide repairs — each exceed $1,000,000 and typically must be completed before the town receives full reimbursement. That timing makes cash-flowing projects in the coming budget year a likely strategy to accelerate reimbursements.
Parrish credited the town’s work with engineering and grant consultant WithersRavenel, which has helped both in designing disaster-recovery projects and in applying for state revolving fund grants intended to improve water-infrastructure resilience.
She also told commissioners the Hazard Mitigation Team from FEMA had offered roughly $45,000 to pay for mitigation work to replace a Town Hall door with a floodproof version. Commissioner Mason Blake requested an updated spreadsheet summarizing the status of each FEMA project; Parrish said she would provide the requested information.
No formal budget or contract action was taken at the forum. The updates indicate ongoing planning and grant-application activity as the town prepares larger projects that will trigger future reimbursements.
