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Board ratifies $13.736 million CRISI grant for rail replacement; matching funds pledged
Summary
The board ratified a $13,736,000 CRISI grant with $3,434,000 in matching funds from Business Oregon to accelerate rail replacement (minutes note roughly $1,000,000 per mile); the chair said funds were needed to resume replacement work after a funding delay.
Commissioner Mark Albertson told the board that delays in CRISI grant funding had forced the railroad to lay off staff and that he had signed the grant ratification documents to get crews back to work. The minutes list the grant at $13,736,000 with $3,434,000 in matching funds from Business Oregon for rail replacement. Albertson said the expense equated to approximately $1,000,000 per mile of rail and that replacement work could not proceed without the funds. He moved to ratify the grant, Vice-Chair James Williams seconded, and the board voted 3–0 to accept the ratification.
The board's ratification allows the railroad to restart replacement activity tied to the CRISI award; Albertson said securing the funds was necessary to restore staff that had been laid off during the funding delay. The minutes do not specify the precise number of miles to be replaced or a project schedule; the county indicated matching funds from Business Oregon are part of the financing package.
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