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Nowata Commissioners Discuss Funds for Flood Damage

 

The Nowata County Commissioners discussed several flood related matters yesterday. With flooding no longer an immediate threat, the process of funding recovery is at the forefront. Commissioners looked at a notice of intent for grant funding to cover costs of setting up a hazard mitigation plan, but Emergency Management Director Laurie Summers says she needs funding from the state to set up the plan, but it's a process, so the board initiated a $100,000 transfer of funds from the county's CBRI account in order to start working on damaged roads, and they hope it will be reimbursed by FEMA. Commissioner Burke LaRue says it will not cover all the damage.
 

Julie Lamb with the USDA Natural Resource Conservation Service said including Nowata County in the Emergency Watershed Program could provide funding for infrastructure projects like fixing roads and bridges, and the county would be responsible for only 25% of the costs.

 

Photo courtesy of Max Gross, Bartlesville Radio

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