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Sandusky holds public hearing on 2024 CDBG CAPER; officials say spending on track
Summary
City staff presented the Consolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for program year 2024, reporting roughly 77% of funds spent to date across housing rehabilitation, demolition, parks and public facilities and public services.
City staff presented the City of SanduskyConsolidated Annual Performance and Evaluation Report (CAPER) for Community Development Block Grant program year 2024 during a Sept. 8 public hearing, and officials said spending is "on track" to meet program goals.
Nicole Grower, program administrator, told the commission the CAPER covers the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025, and that as of a few weeks before the hearing the city had used about 77% of program-year funds, roughly $553,000, with remaining activities expected to be completed as projects catch up.
Grower summarized several program activities listed in the CAPER. A fair-housing consultant fielded 99 calls this year and was paid $9,500. The city demolished four structures (937 W. Washington; 224 Severs Way; 717 Warren St.; and a garage at 730 Lockwood) using carryover funds, approximately $254,000 in total. A housing rehabilitation program coordinated with the Erie County Health Department (Lead Hazard and Healthy Homes) completed work on 12 houses and expended about $150,000. Community development investments included park improvements, transit waiting facilities and trash can placement, totaling roughly $158,000. The CAPER also reported approximately $346,000 used this program year on five segments of Pierce Street for public facilities work.
Grower said code-enforcement activity accounted for $108,000 (staff time for inspections on properties eligible for CDBG activity) rather than direct construction funds. Youth services via a Mills School program reached 952 youth at a cost of about $51,000. Subrecipient grants assisted 427 people this year through partners including Erie County Senior Center (Meals on Wheels), Ogo (mobile food pantry) and Fathers Heart Church; the total reported for subrecipient assistance was about $62,000. In program-year work the CAPER listed 36 projects that met the HUD national objective.
The CAPER had been posted for public comment from Aug. 21 through Sept. 5, Grower said; the report also was available at City Hall and the public library. Grower answered a public question clarifying that the $107,000 listed for code enforcement paid staff time for inspections and did not represent direct construction remediation funds.
After questions from Commissioners and members of the public, Chair Burry closed the CAPER public hearing. No commission vote was required at the Sept. 8 hearing; the hearing provided a formal opportunity for comment and for staff to place the CAPER in the public record.
The CAPER summary and the full audit of program activity remain available on the city website and at City Hall for review, Grower said.
