John Grolich approached the Marshall County Council members this week to seek permission to apply for a training grant.
He explained that it would be for a hazardous material training grant for the Local Emergency Planning Committee.
“It’s an 80/20 grant that covers expenses to provide hazardous materials awareness training for first responders and the community,” said Grolich. “It’s a good learning experience for the emergency responders. It kind of puts them in an environment where they can make a mistake if they do and everything is okay. It’s just a tremendous learning experience.”
He said he would be applying for the grant next year as the window to submit an application has passed for this year. He said only a six-day window exists from the time he is notified until the application deadline and he wasn’t able to get in a request in time for this year’s process.
Grolich said the grant is $10,000 with a match of $2,000 which would come from a line item in the budget utilized by the Local Emergency Planning Committee.
The council members unanimously approved the grant request.
