Committee recognizes $300,000 in additional septic grant funding, approves budget amendment

Jul 21, 2026

County staff described septic replacement grants (typically up to $10,000 or 50% of replacement cost; up to $20,000 for certain nitrate-removing systems) and moved to amend the budget to record an additional $300,000 allocation; motion adopted and forwarded to Finance.

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Staff explained the county’s septic replacement grant program that helps homeowners with failing systems pay up to $10,000 or 50% of replacement costs; for a small subset of systems that filter nitrates, the program allows up to $20,000 and staff said roughly three systems meet that criterion.

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