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Gun Barrel City holds final public hearing to close out CDBG CDV21-0086 Longleaf drainage project
Summary
At a special council meeting in February 2025, the Gun Barrel City Council opened and closed the required final public hearing to complete the Community Development Block Grant CDV21-0086 for Longleaf drainage improvements; city staff said the project is finished and no public comments were received.
Mayor opened a final public hearing at a special meeting in February 2025 to complete the Community Development Block Grant CDV21-0086 for the Longleaf drainage improvements. The council received no public comments and closed the hearing the same night.
The hearing was presented by Dr. Smith, city manager, who said the grant closeout was required after the project’s completion. "This project was finished; we were about one payment out when the president shut down grants, and they really helped us in about 24 hours to wrap up all the paperwork, get the final funding, and get that done," Dr. Smith said, attributing the rapid closeout to work with Traylor and Associates and the TDA. Wanda Vance attended to provide additional information, Dr. Smith said.
The nut graf: The hearing satisfied the city’s procedural requirement for a final public closeout of a federally funded Community Development Block Grant (CDV21-0086) tied to the Longleaf drainage improvements. Staff told the council the construction and paperwork are complete and no follow-up public input was recorded at the hearing.
In the discussion leading to the hearing, Dr. Smith explained that Traylor and Associates and the TDA assisted the city in finalizing remaining administration and funding after pandemic-related interruptions to grant processing. No member of the public submitted comment cards and no speakers came forward during the public-comment portion of the hearing, according to staff.
The council closed the public hearing. No formal motion or vote on a separate ordinance or resolution was recorded on the public record during the hearing portion in the transcript. City staff stated the matter is administrative: a required final public hearing and closeout for the grant, not a separate policy action by the council.
The meeting then moved on to other business, including interviews with board applicants and a separate discussion of financial policies planned for a later segment of the meeting.
