Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
Serving Gogebic, Iron and Ontonagon Counties
By RALPH ANSAMI
Ironwood — A special Ironwood City Commission meeting today at 6 p.m. will include a public hearing on a plan to seek Michigan Community Development Block Grant funding for the booster pump replacement project.
The session will begin with the public hearing, to be followed by action by the commission.
Citizens wishing to comment on the grant application for the city’s well-field pump station project will each have three minutes to state their opinions.
A total of $2 million in funding will be sought through a CDBG Infrastructure Capacity Enhancement grant.
The city’s match to the ICE grant would be $222,222, according to a resolution to come before city commissioners.
City commissioners recently made well-field improvements their top goal for 2017 projects.
The project is consistent with the city’s Community Development Plan.
The resolution notes that 55.5 percent of city residents are low and moderate income persons as determined by an income survey approved by the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, which may enhance the possibility of being awarded the grant.
