Committee on Community Improvement approves 14 budget amendments, grants and CIP extensions

At a meeting of the Manchester Board Mayor & Aldermen’s Committee on Community Improvement, members approved 14 amending resolutions and budget authorizations covering grant acceptance, program funding, line-item adjustments and project end-date extensions.

The measures voted on included funding for oral health, dilapidated buildings remediation, HUD HOME ARP planning and administration, community development special activities, a domestic-violence overtime program, the MPD Granite Shield project, school-based dental Medicaid services, Homeland Security grant applications, street reconstruction CDBG extensions, operational funding for Odd Fellows Hall, additional parking license plates, and a COSAP program extension. In each case, a motion was made and seconded and the committee answered “aye.”

The votes are procedural approvals required to accept or spend specified funds, request grant applications, or extend Capital Improvement Project (CIP) end dates. Committee members handled the items in a single consent-style roll call and voice-vote sequence rather than extended debate.

Votes at a glance

1) Item 1 — Oral Health Program (CIP 212124) - Action: Amending resolution and budget authorization to accept and expend $2,612 for CIP 212124, Oral Health Program. - Motion: Move to approve; mover: Alderman Long; second: Alderman Birkisch. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote; all members present voted “aye.”

2) Item 2 — Dilapidated Buildings (CIP 610424) - Action: Amending resolution and budget authorization to accept and expend $38,028.48 for CIP 610424, Dilapidated Buildings. - Motion: Move to approve; mover: Alderman Long; second: Alderman Birkisch. - Outcome: Approved by voice vote; all members present voted “aye.”

3) Item 3 — HUD HOME ARP Planning &…