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Lebanon holds public hearing on CDBG consolidated plan; city forecasts about $650,000 for FY2025
Summary
City staff asked residents for input on the five-year consolidated plan and FY2025 annual action plan for HUD CDBG funds, noting an estimated $650,000 allocation, a 15% cap on public services and deadlines for survey and funding requests.
Lebanon City held a public hearing to gather resident and stakeholder input for its five‑year consolidated plan and the fiscal 2025 annual action plan for Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds, city staff said. Janelle, a city staff member, told the council the city anticipates a CDBG allocation of approximately $650,000 for fiscal 2025, with an additional $20,000 in program income.
The consolidated plan guides “community development, identification of community development needs and priorities, addressing housing needs, and then the annual action plan for fiscal year 2025,” Janelle said. She said questionnaires in English and Spanish are available on the city website and in hard copy at City Hall, and asked that responses be returned by March 7, 2025. Agencies seeking CDBG funding must submit written requests by 4 p.m. Friday, April 25, 2025, she said. The city intends to submit its HUD application on or around July 1, 2025.
Why it matters: CDBG funding supports local housing, infrastructure and public‑service projects and informs how the city directs federal dollars over the next five years. Janelle listed past uses of CDBG funds including street and water‑main improvements, code enforcement, playground projects, crime prevention, affordable housing projects and administration.
Council members asked about limits on service funding. “Can you explain to me a little bit more about the 15% cap you mentioned? What kind of services are capped at that amount?” a council member asked. Janelle replied that the cap applies to public‑service activities — typically nonprofit programs such as a health program run by Lebanon Family Health or crime‑prevention activities — and that public services are limited to 15% of the city’s annual allocation.
Janelle told the council that Lebanon’s annual CDBG allocation has declined in recent years and that city officials have used CDBG dollars to supplement general fund priorities such as code enforcement and extra police patrols. “There’s very little money, if any, to, unfortunately, provide through this source of funding for nonprofit organizations,” she said.
The public‑hearing portion of the meeting closed after a motion to adjourn the hearing was moved and seconded; the council chair declared the public meeting for the CDBG program closed.
The city plans to report consolidated‑plan survey results to council at the next department update; Janelle said the survey closes March 7.
