The town council approved a matching grant application for $9,979.00 by Franklin Fire Department for Wildland Firefighting equipment. The grant is sponsored by the North Carolina Forest Service. The grant is a 50% match, meaning the fire department would be getting the equipment at half price. The town would pay $4,989.50 and the North Carolina Forest Service would pay $4,989.50.
Summer Woodard, town manager, and Matthew Breedlove, fire chief, presented the information to the board. Chief Breedlove recognized the efforts of Assistant Chief Hursey in writing the grant application.
The board approved the grant application by a vote of 6-0.
Councilman Culpepper inquired about streamlining the process in the future and giving authority to the town manager to approve grant applications like this in the future. The town manager and the town attorney concurred and the attorney said the resolution could be amended.
Gavel-to-gavel video of the Feb 2019 meeting and supporting documents are posted on the blog. [LINK]
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Published at 12:09 pm on February 5, 2019
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