A few weeks ago, Lamont County council provided a number of grants to various community organizations.
At the Aug. 13, council meeting they received an additional request from the Lamont Fish and Game Association.
Chief Administrative Officer Peter Tarnawsky told council the letter from the Association was received at the end of July.
“If it had been a request under the community grants program, it would have been late,” he added.
He explained council had donated to the
Association in the past. He suggested to council that they approve a donation of $500. After the Association completed a community grant application and then staff would inform them of the 2025 Community Grants program and have them further apply for funding through it.
In a letter to council, the Association stated they wanted funding to bring electrical power to the fish pond just northeast of the Town of Lamont.
In their letter they explained the pond was annually stocked with trout, but the water quality had become question- able and it was affecting the survival of the trout.
Electricity at the site would allow the Association to aerate the pond, improving its water quality.
The organization said they had obtained all necessary permits to provide the electricity but the costs of a secondary compressor shed, air compressors, a six head diffuser aeration system and other equipment would cost $50,000 and then they would have the monthly power bill to contend with.
JOHN MATHER
