The Hermiston City Council will vote on a resolution Monday night to apply for federal funding to build a new $1.7 million senior center in town.
The council will consider an agreement between the city and the Hermiston Senior Center Board of Directors in which the city will apply for a Community Development Block Grant to help fund a new senior center. The current senior center is scheduled for removal by the end of 2015. The center has invested $17,000 in preliminary construction plans for an 8,000-square-foot building.
Under the agreement, the city would own the facility and make it available for senior programs exclusively for five years, after which the center would be available for senior center programs from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday through Friday. The center would be available for community uses during all other times.
Also on Monday’s agenda will be an intergovernmental agreement between the city and the Umatilla County Sheriff’s Office for dispatch services for the police department.
The council will hold its monthly work session at 6 p.m., prior to the regular council session, to discuss two new committees – the Community Enhancement Committee and a Charter Review Committee.
The regular council meeting will begin at 7 p.m. at City Hall.
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