County officials contemplate use of oil-spill monies to fund local projects

Lazaro Aleman ECB Publishing, Inc. Faced with potential funding losses due to new laws and policies being enacted at the state and federal levels, local officials are looking at millions of dollars still available from the Gulf Coast Ecosystem Restoration Trust Fund, which was set up by the federal government upon its settlements with BP, Transocean and Anadarko after the 2010 oil spill. As County Attorney Evan Rosenthal recently explained to the Jefferson County Commission, the trust fund