Town Council

Steve Nelson of Century West Engineering in Spokane attended Monday’s town council meeting in the public library to announce that the Transportation Improvement Board has agreed to pay the amount of matching funds that Odessa owes as its contribution to roadway improvements made with grant money from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. FEMA will also fund replacement of three parking lots on the Odessa medical campus, he said.

Nelson also proposed to the council that the town consider applying for a $400,000 loan, given the low interest rates available now (2.5 percent for a 40-year payba...