Commissioners approve CDBG budget revisions after bids, borough project changes
October 09, 2025 | Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
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Lycoming County commissioners on Oct. 9 approved budget revision certifications for federal fiscal years 2023, 2024 and 2025 under the Community Development Block Grant program, moving previously allocated dollars to alternate projects after bids or property changes made the original uses infeasible.
County staff told the commissioners during a public hearing that a bid for an exterior wall repair project at a local facility came in far above the allocated amount and that funding for several South Williamsport projects would shift from slum-and-blight removal to housing rehabilitation. "For FFY 2023 CDBG, the Life Life Coming exterior walls project is not moving forward again because those bids came in at an exorbitant amount," the staff member presenting the hearing said. "So the funding, the $24,003.85 that was allocated to that will be moving into the parking lot restoration at Life Life Coming." The staff member also said South Williamsport would move funds previously obligated for spot slum/blight removal into housing rehab for both 2023 and 2024 allocations, and that 2025 applications were not due until the end of the month.
The hearing record shows staff described the reallocations as administrative budget modifications to keep the dollars in active use rather than letting them remain unused because the originally planned work could not proceed. Commissioners voted to approve the budget revision certifications during the same meeting; a motion and second were made and commissioners called for the question before the aye vote to approve the certifications.
During the hearing staff invited public comment and answered questions about project scope and the timing of 2025 applications. Staff said one building that had been slated for slum/blight removal had already been demolished by the owner, prompting the move to housing rehabilitation. The presenter also noted that borough officials were choosing housing rehab where they had previously identified slum/blight areas.
The action taken was a certification of amended budgets for the county's administration of federal CDBG allocations; commissioners did not adopt new policy or change the program rules. The presenter said the 2025 application window closes later in the month and that the proposed revisions would be reflected in the formal action items the board approved after the hearing.
Documents presented at the hearing listed specific dollar amounts for the reallocations; the staff member read those figures into the record and those figures will appear in the official minutes and the CDBG administrative file for the county. The board adjourned the public hearing and reconvened the public meeting to approve the associated action items.
County staff told the commissioners during a public hearing that a bid for an exterior wall repair project at a local facility came in far above the allocated amount and that funding for several South Williamsport projects would shift from slum-and-blight removal to housing rehabilitation. "For FFY 2023 CDBG, the Life Life Coming exterior walls project is not moving forward again because those bids came in at an exorbitant amount," the staff member presenting the hearing said. "So the funding, the $24,003.85 that was allocated to that will be moving into the parking lot restoration at Life Life Coming." The staff member also said South Williamsport would move funds previously obligated for spot slum/blight removal into housing rehab for both 2023 and 2024 allocations, and that 2025 applications were not due until the end of the month.
The hearing record shows staff described the reallocations as administrative budget modifications to keep the dollars in active use rather than letting them remain unused because the originally planned work could not proceed. Commissioners voted to approve the budget revision certifications during the same meeting; a motion and second were made and commissioners called for the question before the aye vote to approve the certifications.
During the hearing staff invited public comment and answered questions about project scope and the timing of 2025 applications. Staff said one building that had been slated for slum/blight removal had already been demolished by the owner, prompting the move to housing rehabilitation. The presenter also noted that borough officials were choosing housing rehab where they had previously identified slum/blight areas.
The action taken was a certification of amended budgets for the county's administration of federal CDBG allocations; commissioners did not adopt new policy or change the program rules. The presenter said the 2025 application window closes later in the month and that the proposed revisions would be reflected in the formal action items the board approved after the hearing.
Documents presented at the hearing listed specific dollar amounts for the reallocations; the staff member read those figures into the record and those figures will appear in the official minutes and the CDBG administrative file for the county. The board adjourned the public hearing and reconvened the public meeting to approve the associated action items.
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