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Staff seeks approval to draw $47,400 grant to begin design work for larger $5M project

Whiteville City Council · October 22, 2024
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Summary

Staff sought approval of a $47,400 grant agreement to begin design, engineering and surveying work needed to access larger 'brick' funding (speaker cited over $5,000,000) for work on a local 'model's branch' project.

City staff presented a grant agreement worth $47,400 to start design, engineering, surveying and other technical pre-construction work on a project staff referred to as the "model's branch," which staff said is part of a larger funding program totaling over $5,000,000.

"That total is $47,400. This is the grant agreement for that. This is needs to be approved so that we can start drawing funds down on that grant," staff said (Staff member, S5). Staff described the funding as intended to cover initial design and engineering tasks before construction and said they would try to keep Madison Street open during later work if possible.

The transcript records staff requesting approval to begin drawing grant funds; it does not include final board action on the grant within the provided excerpt.