There is more to the story:
There are volumes of paperwork on this grant. I see your name nowhere. Perhaps you found the grant and the council approved going forward. Thank You if you promoted it. Then someone allowed a grant writer to run up a bill of almost $15,000 for her work to get the grant approved. This, I surveyed, should only have been 1/3 of what was charged.
Then the program sat for almost the entire time of the Mayor Wortham two years. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department requests for quarterly updates and progress information were ignored.
Mayor Eshelman saw the need to revive the grant and go forward on the re-plastering of the pool and other needed repairs. Learning the software was the first task. Next was fulfilling the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s tasks. Only two of the ten had seen attention. We worked through the tasks getting green check marks meaning complete versus the many red “x” meaning a need for completion.
Requests such as getting an appraisal, developing a scope of work , working with a state certified handicap specialist, getting a survey, getting and posting signs, writing, getting legal advice, posting, and awarding the work.
Thereafter our Mayor ProTem Andy McCloskey worked daily with the contractors to fruition of the beautification of our community area. Thank You Andy!!
Through Mayor Eshelman we were able to complete the grant getting reimbursed more dollars than were initially agreed upon. Had she not picked up the ball and completed the grant, the time would have lapsed. Given that failure to complete would have affected any opportunity for future TPWD grants.

My, my, my. “The current mayor was a City Secretary and the City was under investigation for misappropriated funds” you say. Guilt by association? I believe D.A. Roady would tell you that she cooperated fully and was never charged with anything. Sad!! Mayor Eshelman is incredibly honest.