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Saltville loses $11,400 DMV safety grant after federal registration lapse, town manager says she is working to reinstate UEI
Summary
The Saltville Police Department was denied an $11,400 highway-safety grant after the town’s federal Unique Entity ID (UEI) was listed as inactive. Town Manager Cecile Rosenbaum said the lapse was administrative and she is working to renew the registration; the denial takes effect Oct. 1.
The Saltville Police Department will not receive a planned $11,400 highway-safety grant after the town’s federal registration was shown as inactive, the department and town staff told the Town Council on Sept. 9.
Police Chief Bryan Lynch told the council the DMV grant application was denied because the town’s Unique Entity ID (UEI) had been inactive since January 2025, which made Saltville ineligible for federal funds tied to the DMV’s grant program. The denial removes grant-funded enforcement hours that had been expected to begin Oct. 1.
Town Manager Cecile Rosenbaum said the lapse was an administrative problem tied to federal registration. Rosenbaum told the council she had been registered under a previous employer and that multiple pending steps in the federal SAM.gov registration process kept Saltville’s UEI in a pending/inactive state. "There was never any intent for this to lapse," Rosenbaum said, and she apologized to the police department and council for the outcome.
Rosenbaum said she is working to retrieve the town’s DUNS/UEI and complete the outstanding steps; she told council she hoped to make measurable progress within two weeks. The DMV program manager, Brandy Brubaker, explained by email quoted to the council that the highway-safety office checks applicants’ UEI status at www.sam.gov and denied the award when Saltville’s UEI was found expired.
Chief Lynch said the denial represents about $11,400 in lost highway-safety funds and that some officers had asked about seeking additional part-time work to replace the lost hours. Rosenbaum said the lapse was not intended to harm any department and that she is pursuing reinstatement and offered to assist with the federal paperwork.
The council received the grant denial letter and related emails as part of the police report; no formal motion or remedial resolution was taken at the Sept. 9 session.
What happens next: Rosenbaum said she will continue the SAM.gov/DUNS/UEI process and report back to council. The DMV’s correspondence included appeal instructions; localities have 30 days to request review through the DMV program manager.
