Ogden mayor and council weigh options as Weber Housing Authority project faces funding and legal timing hurdles

Mayor Ben Nadalski told the Ogden City Council on Feb. 18 that he and housing partners have developed several options to move forward with a Weber Housing Authority permanent supportive housing project after legal and funding complications emerged.

The options presented to the council included keeping the project at its current site, finding ways to make the housing authority “whole” for expenditures and preserved grants, or relocating the project to another jurisdiction. Nadalski said a third option — transferring the project to a different organization to avoid state statute constraints — was described to him as “a hostile option” and not preferred by the authority.

The mayor framed speed as a priority. “Whatever you decide, just do it quick,” Nadalski told the council, saying partners at the county and state want a clear,…