Consider Resolution #2020 -011, Authorizing an Application to the Bureau of Reclamation FY 2021 Water SMART Funding for Water and Energy Efficiency Grants, for Eligible Water System Improvements and to Continue the Authority’s Automated Meter Infrastructure Replacement Program, and Take Any Other Ac

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tion Deemed Necessary Mr. Whiteman stated that this proposed grant application to the Bureau of Reclamation ’s 2021 WaterSMART Water and Energy Efficiency Grants Program is the same type of grant that the Authority was awarded last year for the Automated Meter Infrastructure Replacement Program. He added that the grant would be a 50% match for $500,000, for a total project cost of $1,000,000. Following minor discussion, Mr. Sandefur made a motion to adopt Resolution #2020 -011, authorizing an application to the Bureau of Reclamation F Y 2021 Water SMART Funding for Water and Energy Efficiency Grants , and to continue the Authority ’s Automated Meter Infrastructure Replacement Program . His m

This motion is scored as RESTRAINS_GOVERNMENT (Impact Weight: 2.5/10). Under the Bastiat Liberty Watchdog Index, voting YES on measures that cap or reduce ad valorem tax burdens, expand taxpayer exemptions, retire debt early, enforce competitive bidding caps, or remove regulatory/zoning barriers to private property rights earns a positive Pro-Liberty score.