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McKENZIE (March 13) — In a special called meeting, the McKenzie Board of Mayor and Council approved Resolution 19-003 authorize matching funds for the small cities block grant program/CDBG for the fiscal year 2019. The city has made an application request of $525,000 through the grant and is required to provide local funds in the amount of $58,334.
Mayor Jill Holland explained a resolution must be passed for the city to borrow the money from the USDA for the matching grant. Rob Goad, the grant writer, said the grant would include further smoke testing and evaluation of sewer lines and to mitigate rainwater infiltration. This would including repairing pipes by cutting out the collapsed lines and replacing them.