NAVASOTA COUNCIL VOTES “NO” ON FEMA APPLICATION
Members of the Navasota City Council have declined to go forward with the city’s application to the FEMA Hazard Mitigation Grant Program.
According to the Navasota Examiner, City Manager Brad Stafford expressed concerns in a tight budget year, about the required $1.1 million city match – even with a portion of the work being done by public works staff that would qualify as in-kind services.
Stafford says his office anticipates an even tighter budget next year.
In September the city contracted with Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam Engineers at a cost of $87,740 to assist the city in a drainage study of Cedar Creek and with the FEMA application that was due Dec. 15.
According to Stafford, the proposed project is to install box culverts under Railroad Street, under Farquhar Street and under LaSalle to intercept the 218 acres of drainage that is coming into downtown.
Stafford stated the project is not actually ranked as the highest priority.
City Council member Bernie Gessner said the city “has a lot of drainage problems and this one takes care of only one in the downtown area.”
Another scam from the government. They take our tax dollars and fund this Grant Program and then the government wants the cities and states to take more monies from the tax payers again to match this useless program. Looking back at the past FEMA doesn’t have a very good reputation of being there when people need help.