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Commission asks manager for CDBG records on Boerne Park; staff says no CDBG expenditures to park in prior five years
Summary
The Bay City Commission directed the city manager to compile CDBG funding and expenditure records related to Boerne Park after Commissioner Bernie Obershaw requested documentation covering 2020–2025.
The Bay City City Commission added and then approved a resolution asking the city manager to gather and report records about Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) allocations linked to Boerne Park.
Commissioner Bernie Obershaw read a multi‑point request asking staff to provide funding records from 2020 through 2025, expenditure and contractor records, documentation of any reallocation of CDBG funds, reconciliation of allocations versus spending, and a written report for the commission and the public. The item was moved, seconded and added to the regular agenda; a later motion to approve the final resolution as amended carried on a roll call vote of 7 yes.
Acting staff answered commissioners’ operational questions. City staff member Debbie told the commission that in the last five years the city has not allocated CDBG funding to Boerne Park; she said the city’s annual plan did list $200,000 for playgrounds in the current plan and that, if funds are to be reallocated, the city must follow CDBG environmental review and public‑comment procedures including a 30‑day public comment period or a substantial amendment process.
Commissioners discussed timelines for the requested report and amended the resolution to remove a thirty‑day deadline so staff could assemble records and present them in an appropriate public forum; the amended resolution passed. Commissioners noted FOIA access, a written report to the commission, and the possibility of presenting findings during budget season.
The commission did not reallocate funds at this meeting; it directed the manager to assemble and report documentation that will be available to the public.
