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Council reprograms CDBG funds to parking-lot and public-facility work; FY operational amendment and three municipal orders pass
Summary
Council approved a fiscal-year operational budget amendment on first reading and reprogrammed Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds across three municipal orders to pay for public-facility parking-lot resurfacing projects after HUD approved a substantial amendment.
Hopkinsville City Council on Sept. 2 approved a fiscal-year operational budget amendment on first reading and authorized the reprogramming of several Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) line items to pay for public-facility improvements, including resurfacing parking lots in low- and moderate-income neighborhoods.
Ordinance 26-2025, the FY 2025-26 operational budget amendment, was introduced and approved on first reading by roll call. The ordinance amends the city's revenue and expense estimates for the 2025-26 fiscal year and directs that the full text is available at the city clerk's office for public inspection.
Council also passed three municipal orders (37-2025, 38-2025 and 39-2025) that reprogram unspent Hopkinsville Home Improvement Program CDBG funds from prior fiscal years into a public facility improvement program. The three municipal orders together reallocate about $145,000 of unspent CDBG funds to projects the city described as resurfacing parking lots for facilities serving low- and moderate-income neighborhoods, beginning with the Boys & Girls Club parking lot and then West Side Park parking.
Melissa Clayton (Chief Financial Officer) and other staff explained that the city recently resumed direct management of the CDBG program and worked with HUD to obtain a substantial amendment to the annual action plan allowing public-facility work. Staff said HUD rejected the city's initial proposal to use funds for street repaving, but approved the public-facility parking-lot projects. Staff noted many CDBG rules constrain how funds may be used and said additional reprogramming would be possible later if the city develops a revised home-improvement program and HUD approves it.
Councilors asked whether basketball courts or playground elements could be resurfaced; staff said they would check HUD's approval and report back. Council member Jason (council member) voiced the sole recorded "no" on one of the municipal votes during discussion but the municipal orders ultimately passed.
The council also discussed the administrative capacity to run CDBG projects. Staff said the city's grant writer and revenue-enhancement coordinator will pursue HUD CDBG certification training, and the city intends to manage the reprogrammed projects internally without creating a new department.
All three municipal orders and the first-reading budget amendment passed at the meeting; staff said the Boys & Girls Club parking-lot project is the first planned use of the reprogrammed funds and the city will evaluate remaining amounts as projects progress.
Votes at a glance: Ordinance 26-2025 (FY 2025-26 operational budget amendment) passed on first reading by roll call; Municipal Orders 37-2025, 38-2025 and 39-2025 reprogramming CDBG funds were approved by council vote.
