County Awaits $2,500 Grant Repayment as Small Biz, DCEO Rounds Advance

Montgomery County Board Development & Personnel Committee Meeting | June 1, 2026

Article Summary: County Board Administration told the Montgomery County Board Development & Personnel Committee on June 1 that it anticipates a $2,500 grant repayment from a previous Small Biz Grant recipient, and reported the first round of the DCEO Energy Transition Grant will be complete once supplemental Small Biz Grants are awarded. The committee will review applications for supplemental awards next month.

Grant Programs Key Points:

• County Board Administration anticipates a $2,500 grant repayment from a previous Small Biz Grant recipient.
• MCEDC Executive Director Kaitlyn Fath offered to aid any previous grant recipients yet to open.
• The committee will review applications for supplemental Small Biz Grant awards next month.
• DCEO Energy Transition Grant: Round 1 completes when supplemental Small Biz Grants are awarded; Round 2 is two-thirds complete; the Round 3 agreement is anticipated any day.

MONTGOMERY COUNTY — Montgomery County’s small business grant program is expecting money back from one recipient even as it prepares to send more out the door, the Development & Personnel Committee heard on Monday, June 1, 2026.

County Board Administration anticipates a $2,500 grant repayment from a previous recipient, the committee was told. MCEDC Executive Director Kaitlyn Fath offered to aid any previous grant recipients yet to open. The committee will review applications for supplemental awards next month.

The minutes do not identify the recipient owing the repayment, state why the money is being repaid, or say when it is expected. They do not record how many previous recipients have yet to open, how many supplemental applications are pending, or the size of the supplemental awards under consideration.

Energy Transition Grant Rounds

On the related DCEO Energy Transition Grant, County Board Administration reported that the first round grant will be complete when the supplemental Small Biz Grants have been awarded — tying the close-out of the first round directly to the pending awards the committee will take up next month. Round 2 is two-thirds complete, and the Round 3 grant agreement is anticipated any day.

The minutes do not state dollar amounts for any of the three rounds, do not describe what the grant funds, and do not give a timeline for Round 3 beyond the expectation that the agreement will arrive shortly. The DCEO acronym is not spelled out in the record.

Neither grant item drew a motion or a vote; both were listed as updates for the committee’s review and discussion.

Fath had opened the meeting’s substantive business with her monthly MCEDC report. Present were Committee Chair Chad Ruppert, Russ Beason, Jeremy Jones and Chris Daniels; Doug Donaldson was absent.