Hill County Commission discusses possible capital improvement plan

After their weekly business meeting last Thursday, the Hill County Commission had a meeting with Great West Engineering’s Craig Erickson and Jonathan Weaver to discuss the possibility of the county creating a capital improvement plan, which may open grant opportunities for the county.

Erickson said funding agencies put an increasing amount of weight on capital improvement plans, and that in recent years the federal government is following suit.

He said he was recently helping another county apply for federal funding for two separate projects and both times he was asked for the county’s CIP, wh...