July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Weiler grant submitted (4/4/05)
Bailey said request for $500,000 for JJCL in state hands
By By Mike Snyder-
The application has been submitted.
But local officials will have to wait until early June to find out if they’ll receive a $500,000 grant to turn a dilapidated downtown Portland building into a learning center.
Jay County community developer Wayne Bailey talked about the grant request this morning with Jay County Commissioners. He also asked the commissioners for a letter stating they believe the project for John Jay Center for Learning would not impact the building’s historical nature.
The application for the Community Focus Fund grant was submitted Friday to the Indiana Department of Commerce, Bailey said this morning.
The grant funds would be used with private funds to renovate the building into a permanent home for John Jay Center for Learning. The building, which has been unoccupied for several years, has been damaged by water leaks.
The preliminary estimate for making the building watertight — including replacing the existing roof system and a thorough cleaning of the interior — is a little more than $1 million.
No firm estimate on the complete renovation has been released by JJCL officials.
Also this morning, the commissioners received notice from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management of applications for two new confined feeding operations and the expansion of another in Jay County.
The applications have been submitted to IDEM by Terry and Sherri Finnerty and Jeff and Jill Knisely, 10347 West Ind. 26, Dunkirk, and Ryan Outcalt, 7815 South 325 West, Ridgeville (in Jay County).
The operation proposed by the Finnertys and Kniselys will be about one-quarter mile south of Ind. 26, about a mile west of Ind. 1.
The operation proposed by Outcalt would be on county road 325 West, just north of county road 800 South in Jefferson Township.
Also applying for an expansion was Dan Orr, 4023 South 800 West, Redkey.
In other business this morning, Commissioners Faron Parr, Gary Theurer and Milo Miller Jr.:
•Agreed to allow the director of Jay Emergency Medical Service to apply for a grant to pay 90 percent of the cost of installation of a ventilation system at the JEMS bases in Portland and Dunkirk.
The new systems, which would cost a total of $37,600, would reduce the amount of emissions in the bases when the ambulances are left running.
The county would have to provide a 10 percent matching share for the grants, which are offered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The commissioners agreed to allow Teresa Foster-Geesaman to apply for the grant, but said they want her to return for more discussion before making the purchase.
•Agreed to support a grant request by the Bryant Volunteer Fire Department. The department is applying to a federal agency for a $212,000 grant to purchase a new pumper truck.
The request for support came in a letter from Jay King of the Bryant Fire Department.[[In-content Ad]]
But local officials will have to wait until early June to find out if they’ll receive a $500,000 grant to turn a dilapidated downtown Portland building into a learning center.
Jay County community developer Wayne Bailey talked about the grant request this morning with Jay County Commissioners. He also asked the commissioners for a letter stating they believe the project for John Jay Center for Learning would not impact the building’s historical nature.
The application for the Community Focus Fund grant was submitted Friday to the Indiana Department of Commerce, Bailey said this morning.
The grant funds would be used with private funds to renovate the building into a permanent home for John Jay Center for Learning. The building, which has been unoccupied for several years, has been damaged by water leaks.
The preliminary estimate for making the building watertight — including replacing the existing roof system and a thorough cleaning of the interior — is a little more than $1 million.
No firm estimate on the complete renovation has been released by JJCL officials.
Also this morning, the commissioners received notice from the Indiana Department of Environmental Management of applications for two new confined feeding operations and the expansion of another in Jay County.
The applications have been submitted to IDEM by Terry and Sherri Finnerty and Jeff and Jill Knisely, 10347 West Ind. 26, Dunkirk, and Ryan Outcalt, 7815 South 325 West, Ridgeville (in Jay County).
The operation proposed by the Finnertys and Kniselys will be about one-quarter mile south of Ind. 26, about a mile west of Ind. 1.
The operation proposed by Outcalt would be on county road 325 West, just north of county road 800 South in Jefferson Township.
Also applying for an expansion was Dan Orr, 4023 South 800 West, Redkey.
In other business this morning, Commissioners Faron Parr, Gary Theurer and Milo Miller Jr.:
•Agreed to allow the director of Jay Emergency Medical Service to apply for a grant to pay 90 percent of the cost of installation of a ventilation system at the JEMS bases in Portland and Dunkirk.
The new systems, which would cost a total of $37,600, would reduce the amount of emissions in the bases when the ambulances are left running.
The county would have to provide a 10 percent matching share for the grants, which are offered through the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
The commissioners agreed to allow Teresa Foster-Geesaman to apply for the grant, but said they want her to return for more discussion before making the purchase.
•Agreed to support a grant request by the Bryant Volunteer Fire Department. The department is applying to a federal agency for a $212,000 grant to purchase a new pumper truck.
The request for support came in a letter from Jay King of the Bryant Fire Department.[[In-content Ad]]
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