The council voted in June to accept a regional FEMA Department of Homeland Security grant, which totals $650,000. Funding from FEMA will cover 90 percent of the project, and the town and county will contribute a 10-percent match for the facility.
Walker said Tuesday that “we have our match money…everything’s ready to go.”
Once the contract is signed, Walker said, the company will take about 180 days to build the structure, which he previously said he hoped to have in operation by late summer.