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Jackson County agrees to support YMCA aquatic park grant with up to $30,000 local match
Summary
The Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 30 to back a Maquoketa-area YMCA aquatic park CAT grant application and commit a local match of no more than $30,000, contingent on the state award; presenters said private fundraising, TIF and other grants would cover most costs.
The Jackson County Board of Supervisors voted Sept. 30 to adopt a resolution supporting a CAT grant application for a proposed Maquoketa-area YMCA aquatic park and to commit a local match of no more than $30,000 if the state award is made. Josh Bolt, introduced to the board as a city official for Maquoketa, asked for county participation to make the application package competitive.
"We're requesting a $30,000 contribution contingent on successful award of a CAT grant," Bolt said when presenting the project and its funding plan. Scott Warren, executive director of the YMCA, told the board the campaign's feasibility study showed strong local support and that private fundraising could cover significant project costs.
The presenters outlined a multi-source financing plan: the city finance committee has conditionally approved $1,250,000 in TIF over 20 years pending council action, the YMCA expects to raise over $1,000,000 in private contributions, and the group has identified roughly $800,000 of other grant opportunities. Warren said they were preparing a CAT application in the $500,000–$600,000 range and noted the state CAT program has a roughly $10 million pot and awards on a first-come, first-served basis.
Board members raised logistics including parking near the YMCA and a possible need for curb surveying and stormwater work. Supervisors agreed to revise the resolution language to state the commitment as "no more than $30,000." The board passed the resolution (listed in the agenda as resolution number 1146) by voice vote; the resolution instructs staff to support the grant application and to commit the county match if the grant is awarded.
The applicants said the aquatic park would be open to the public, not limited to YMCA members, and that increased traffic could also boost YMCA programming. The next procedural steps are application submission (presenters said they planned to submit between Oct. 22–29 for IEDA consideration Nov. 21) and municipal council review of TIF authorization next Monday.
