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Warren County reviews 12 CDBG applications; commissioners defer funding decisions
Summary
County staff presented 12 Community Development Block Grant applications covering public services and construction projects. Commissioners did not make final funding selections and agreed to study requests further; county staff noted HUD has not yet announced the allocation.
Warren County staff presented 12 applications for the federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) program and asked commissioners to indicate which projects to fund if the county receives an allocation this year.
Suzanne Mason, presenting the applications, said the county received 12 requests and asked the board to select up to $105,000 for four public-service projects before allocating remaining funds to construction projects. She listed the four public-service requests as: Family Promise of Warren County, $82,000; Safe On Main, $50,000; Upwards Care, $48,000; and the Child Advocacy Center, $50,000. Mason said the county received more construction requests totaling $1,232,675 and that overall requests across all applicants totaled $1,462,875. Mason estimated the county might receive about $800,000 but emphasized HUD had not yet announced an allocation.
Commissioners asked about the eligibility of the Harveysburg Community Historical Society, which seeks funds for a parking lot and to add running water and restrooms to a community facility. Mason said the CDBG manual lists historical societies as eligible if they meet other program conditions, including serving low-income areas and meeting requirements tied to census-block benefit. The presenter noted the historical society is a nonprofit that is used as a community center and that an earlier county award had required the facility to host two public community events per year.
Board members expressed consensus to study the applications rather than make immediate funding decisions. One commissioner suggested taking up a decision after further review and said the board had “upwards of a month” before it needed to act. Mason said the county has 90 days to submit its plan after HUD notifies the county of its allocation.
No formal allocation or motion to award specific grants was recorded in the transcript; commissioners agreed to review the applications further before deciding.
Votes at a glance: none recorded on award decisions.
