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County approves hiring four grant-funded staff to stand up CDBG-DR program
Summary
Manatee County commissioners voted unanimously to allow solicitation and hiring of four grant-funded positions to implement the county's Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) program; commissioners pressed staff to minimize administrative costs and pledged regular public updates.
Manatee County commissioners approved a plan to solicit and hire four grant-funded positions to support the county's implementation of a large HUD CDBG-DR award, voting 7-0 to authorize recruitment.
The positions are a grant supervisor, two grant administrators and a communications coordinator. County staff said the roles will be funded from the CDBG-DR award and limited-term (the grant funding window runs multiple years); the county will cover short-term payroll outlays and seek reimbursement through the grant on the usual monthly reimbursement cycle.
County Grant Administration Division Manager Michelle Davis said the first-phase hires will support the required pre-award work and the initial post-award…
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