COUNTY COMMISSIONERS APPROVE GRANT APPLICATIONS FOR LOCAL CLEANUP PROJECTS

  

Washington County Commissioners Court approved the filing of two grant applications for the Washington County Environmental Health Department.

The Environmental Health Department has been approved to complete a grant application for $7,568.96. This grant would go towards a local dumpster cleanup.

Environmental Supervisor, Mark Marzahn, says that the community has appreciated this project in the past and the department would be happy to do it again.

 

The Health Department was also approved to file a second grant for an estimated $11,525 for a tire clean up. This grant is expected to cover the entire cost of the project.

This amount of funding is expected to allow recycling of approximately the same amount of tires as the last tire collection event in 2014; a total of 82,471 lbs. of tires.

Also at today’s (Tuesday) meeting, appointed to the Brazos Valley Council of Governments Regional Transportation Planning Committee, new City Engineer for the City of Brenham, Lori Lakatos. Reappointed to the Mental Health Mental Retardation Authority of Brazos Valley Board of Trustees, Dorothy Morgan.

County Commissioners also approved the authorization for the County Engineer to advertise for sealed bids for one new Tandem Dump Truck, the pending Fairgrounds Management’s rental and regulations contracts, a bond for the Washington County reserved deputy, as well as accounts payable.