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Hopkinsville council approves $242,872 in CDBG allocations for FY 2025-26
Summary
The council authorized the mayor to accept and administer $242,872 in Community Development Block Grant funds for FY 2025-26, allocating dollars to administration, Boys & Girls Club programming, public facility improvements and Section 108 loan debt service.
Hopkinsville City Council on July 1 approved a municipal order authorizing the mayor or his designee to accept and manage $242,872 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds for fiscal year 2025–26.
The municipal order allocates the funds as follows: $48,005.74 for CDBG program administration; $36,004.30 for Walnut Street Center / Boys & Girls Club public service funding; $67,001.28 for public facility improvements (resurfacing parking lots and inner-city parks); and $90,738.75 for Section 108 loan debt service, for a total of $242,872.
The order, as read at the meeting, also authorizes the mayor or his designee to submit the 2025–26 annual action plan and to execute related contracts and assurances required by federal program rules. The municipal order text referenced federal regulations and state law as the basis for delegation of authority.
Council members moved and seconded the municipal order; the meeting transcript records the motion, a second and subsequent approval by voice vote. Council members briefly discussed that the municipal order dates to an original authorization from 1991 and that staff should review longstanding designation practices for the funds. One council member asked staff to examine how the funds have been designated over the past three decades before next year’s budget work.
Council also requested clarification about resurfacing scope; staff said they would provide details about whether resurfacing could include courts while performing parking-lot work.
The municipal order grants the mayor authority to enter into and execute contracts for the CDBG program and to provide required assurances under the applicable federal rules.
