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Pinellas County approves Horn LLP contract to run $813 million disaster-recovery program
Summary
The Board of County Commissioners approved a contract with Horn LLP to implement the county's $813 million Community Development Block Grant–Disaster Recovery program. Commissioners and staff emphasized speed and oversight; some members pressed for extra safeguards after procurement concerns.
The Pinellas County Board of County Commissioners voted 5–1 on Sept. 18 to award an implementation contract to Horn LLP to manage housing and other programs funded by an $813 million CDBG–Disaster Recovery (CDBG‑DR) grant from HUD.
Why it matters: The contract centralizes delivery of housing repairs, reimbursements and rental assistance intended to get federal recovery dollars quickly into residents' hands while county staff say they will retain oversight to guard compliance with federal rules.
Assistant County Administrator Matt Spoor told commissioners the county submitted its action plan in late May and received HUD approval June 30, then the grant agreement on July 30. “We ran a thorough and competitive procurement,” Spoor said in introducing the contract, and he described the county’s strategy to limit local administrative overhead so more funding goes to residents. The county capped its own administrative reimbursement at 3 percent (the action plan decision), Spoor said, and the vendor’s…
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