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Staff: town needs 'shovel-ready' plans before pursuing state grants
Summary
Town planner Mark Craig told commissioners the town's previous grant efforts failed because plans were not "shovel ready," and he said staff will complete plans before reapplying for state funding.
Commissioners asked whether the town had pursued additional state grants to fund projects such as the sanitary sewer upgrade. Mark Craig said prior grant applications were unsuccessful because the plans were not 'shovel ready.'
"We need a set of plans that are quote unquote shovel ready," Craig said. He explained that missing final designs contributed to unsuccessful requests to the legislature and that many grant programs will not fund projects that lack complete, bid-ready plans.
The commission discussed timing and staff availability to finalize plans so the town can reapply for grants; no specific grant programs or dollar amounts were recorded in the transcript.
