The Attala County Board of Supervisors agreed Monday to sponsor a grant application requesting $523,800 from the Mississippi Development Authority on behalf of the McAdams Water Association.
The Association seeks the Community Development Block Grant to update its water system and increase capacity.
John Wiggers of North Central Planning and Development provided an overview of the project.
According to Wiggers, if funded, the project will include installation of a 40,000-gallon stand pipe, which is required since the system is approaching 80 percent capacity. They will also drain, sandblast and repaint the interior and exterior of the main tank, remove old treatment plant equipment, and add 5,000-gallon storage tank at a booster station.
The grant would require the Association to contribute $30,000 toward the treatment plant removal and another $50,000 toward the improvement project. Those commitments can be in-kind services, not necessarily cash investments.
The Association will also be required to regularly set funds aside – $300 per month - to maintain the system improvements.
“The county will just be a pass-through for this grant,” Wiggers said in asking the board to make the application on the Association’s behalf.
In other business, the board:
Approved a county work program that would allow the justice court to sentence convicts to work in the program;
Approved the disposal of some old water-damaged records that are no longer needed to meet audit requirements;
Denied a request by the Boys & Girls Club to use the Coliseum as a secondary site in an emergency situation, citing existing commitments of that site to the hospital and Red Cross in a potential disaster situation.
