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Lebanon council adopts five-year CDBG consolidated plan and FY2025 action plan
Summary
The council approved a five‑year consolidated plan and the fiscal 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan, formally allocating estimated HUD funds and program income to public services, streets, code enforcement, administration and spot blight acquisition/demolition.
The Lebanon City Council on a 5‑0 vote adopted a five‑year consolidated plan for 2025–2029 and the fiscal year 2025 annual action plan for the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Community Development Block Grant program. Mayor Sherry Alcopello told the council HUD had estimated the city’s FY2025 CDBG entitlement at about $695,929, with program income of roughly $20,000.
The mayor said the draft consolidated plan and the annual action plan were on public display for 30 days and that the city held public hearings and considered comments before finalizing the documents. “HUD, the Housing and Urban Development, has estimated that our fiscal year 20 25 community development block grant will be around $695,929 plus program income we believe to be in the amount of $20,000,” Alcopello said.
Under the FY2025 budget the mayor described, the city proposes allocating $104,000 for public services (police activity in low‑income census areas), $200,000 for street improvements in low‑income areas, $130,000 for code enforcement limited to low‑income areas, $130,000 for general administration (the mayor noted the city is limited to 20% of grant plus program income for administration) and $151,929 for citywide spot blight acquisition and demolition. The mayor said those figures total $715,929 when the entitlement and program income are combined.
Council members asked no substantive questions during the item; a member of the public asked whether the city already had specific properties identified for the blight acquisition and demolition funds. A city official replied the funds were intended to be available should an acquisition opportunity arise and described past partnerships with Habitat for Humanity and the city land bank to complete such projects. The official said the $151,000 allocation would likely be sufficient for only a single property or opportunity.
The council moved and seconded the resolution; the clerk called the roll and the mayor announced the vote as five in favor, none against. The resolution implements the locally adopted consolidated plan and authorizes the allocations described for the FY2025 CDBG program.
