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Board to consider CDBG reprogramming for quarantine shelter and routine DWI court grant
Summary
Staff presented a proposed substanial amendment to reprogram $12,250.70 in FY2022 CDBG funds to rehabilitate the city's quarantine shelter and previewed an Arkansas Highway Safety grant for DWI District Court training and drug screens (match grant under $40,000). Both items will be before the board on May 20.
City staff previewed two funding items that will be on the May 20 consent agenda: a substantial amendment to the city’s FY2022 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan to repurpose $12,250.70, and acceptance of a recurring grant from the Arkansas State Police/Highway Safety Administration for DWI District Court support.
Planning and development director Kathy Salmon told the board the CDBG amendment would reallocate unencumbered funds from a completed Malvern Avenue flashing crosswalk project (2022) to rehabilitate the city’s quarantine shelter. “This amendment repurposes funds from 2022 totaling $12,250.70 from the Malvern Avenue improvement project… and this was completed under budget,” Salmon said. She told the board the local Community Development Advisory Committee (CDAC) considered the item and that it was the only project CDAC considered for the reprogramming. Staff noted urgency because FY2022 funds must be spent down according to program requirements.
On a separate grant item, a presenter identified as Chris described an Arkansas State Police/Highway Safety grant the city has received for nearly two decades to support DWI court operations. The grant pays for staff training, attendance at the national conference, drug screens (targeted to higher‑risk participants), and certain office supplies; it is a match grant that is under $40,000. “It also pays for drug screens… and as they build accountability, it kind of moves forward,” the presenter said. Staff characterized the DWI grant as long‑running and routine and said they would seek board authorization to file and accept the funds.
Both items were presented for placement on the May 20 agenda for formal action; no board votes were taken during the agenda review.
