Commissioners OK transportation grant applications
ALBANY — Tuesday morning, Linn County Commissioners Roger Nyquist and Will Tucker approved a request by Transportation Coordinator Reagan Maudlin to apply for nearly $1 million in federal and state funds to aid local transportation programs.
Commissioner Sherrie Sprenger was not present.
Maudlin said the Linn County Transportation Advisory Committee met on October 22 and approved the funding requests.
The requests include a Small Urban grant of $335,026 for the City of Albany’s Dial-A-Ride, senior and disabled transportation program.
The following requests are through the Statewide Block Grant program and total $629,713:
Albany Call-A-Ride, $35,000; Chamberlin House, $12,000; Lebanon Linx, $55,966; Oregon Mennonite Services, $9,691; Senior Citizens of Sweet Home, $197,406; Senior Citizens of Sweet Home, $161,493; Senior Citizens of Sweet Home Dial-A-Bus, $112,162; Sunshine Industries, $45,995.
Maudlin said in her written report that the funding can be used for preventative maintenance, capital needs, purchased services, dispatch, asset management software, mobility management and administrative cost of managing a project.
The match rate is 10.27% and 20% depending on usage.
In other business, the commissioners:
- Approved a Letter of Intent to purchase Brock Quarry near Scio from Mary Brock and David Brock. Linn County already operates a surface mining operation on about 19 acres of the property for an estimated $120,000. Linn County owns Shot Pouch rock quarry near Cascadia and leases other quarries throughout the county.
- Discussed the possibility of developing round-about traffic control devices in rural intersections.
- Announced the Board of Commissioners will meet at 9:30 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 18, instead of Tuesday, Nov. 19. The Board of Commissioners will not meet on Nov. 26 during Thanksgiving week.
Media contact: Alex Paul, Linn County Communications Officer, 541-967-3825 or email apaul@co.linn.or.us.
