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Commissioners transfer $429,176.04 in Project SOAP funds to Development Authority for Robins AFB abatement-zone purchases
Summary
The Board approved distributing $429,176.04 in Project SOAP funds to the Development Authority of Houston County to reimburse previously matched funds for a solar array and to hold for the purchase of property northwest of Robins Air Force Base to create an economic-development parcel.
Commissioner Robinson moved to distribute Project SOAP funds totaling $429,176.04 to the Development Authority of Houston County; the motion passed 3-0. Chairman Perdue explained the funds reimburse matching funds used to purchase property for a solar array north of Robins Air Force Base and that the Development Authority will hold the funds to purchase property northwest of the Base to assemble a usable economic-development parcel.
The meeting record ties this action to the county's economic-development strategy around Robins AFB and indicates the funds are reimbursement money to be used for future property acquisition. The Development Authority will control the funds for the stated purpose.
