January 26, 2020
By: Dwayne Page
The County Commission Monday night gave formal approval of a resolution to apply for a $420,000 Community Development Block Grant to fund the purchase of a tanker truck for the DeKalb County Volunteer Fire Department.
The CDBG program is administered by the Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development and DeKalb County is eligible to apply under the CDBG Community Livability category including the three star bonus. If approved the county would be responsible for payment of a local grant match for the total project cost plus any additional funding required to complete the project beyond the grant amount.
The Upper Cumberland Development District would prepare all necessary documents for the completion of the grant application at no charge to DeKalb County. Should the grant be approved UCDD shall perform all administrative services for the project.
The county first made application for the grant last year but was denied.
“DeKalb County did not score high enough to be awarded a CDBG grant. The cutoff was 178 points and DeKalb County scored 159,” said County Mayor Tim Stribling.
In other business, the commission Monday night reappointed County Fire Chief Donny Green and Assistant Chief Anthony Boyd as officers of the department for another year.