Committee approves minutes; several grant budget ordinances introduced for June consideration

The New Castle County Community Services Committee approved the minutes from its April 22, 2025 meeting and introduced a series of grant-amendment orders and ordinances for future consideration during the May 27, 2025 session.

A motion to approve the minutes of April 22, 2025 was moved and seconded and the minutes were approved by voice vote. The committee then proceeded through the agenda introducing several items (orders and ordinances) describing amendments or realignments to grant budgets administered by the Department of Community Services, Division of Community Development and Housing. Several items were introduced for placement on upcoming meetings (not acted on at this session) and one item was explicitly tabled pending a final award nomination from the State of Delaware.

Key items introduced or noted (order/ordinance numbers and descriptions as read into the record): - Order 25055: Amend the grants budget; appropriate $3,859,099 in program income to the "mediating vacancies making progress revamp grant" (Department of Community Services, Division of Community Development and Housing). Sponsors: Councilman Penrose Hollins and Councilman Jay Street. (Introduced; no committee vote recorded.) - Order 25056 (as read): Realign $17,256,047 in Community Development (read as fiscal years 2025/2024) (Department of Community Services, Division of Community Development and Housing). (Introduced; no committee vote recorded.) - Order 25057 (as read): Realign $139,000 in Community Development (Department of Community Services, Division of Community Development and Housing). (Introduced; no committee vote recorded.) - Order 25058: Noted as tabled pending final state award nomination; described as a state youth-employment grant. (Tabled.) - Order 25060 (as read 25059/25060 sequence): Amend grants budget; appropriate $50,000 in federal funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development through the City of Wilmington (Community Development Block Grant) to the county's lead-paint hazard reduction grant. (Introduced; no committee vote recorded.) - Order 25061 (as read): Realign $141,310,000 to the Community Development Block Grant (introduced; no committee vote recorded). - Order 25065: Amend grants budget; realign $750,000 in federal HOME American Rescue Plan funding (to be voted at the June 10 meeting). (Not acted on at this session.) - Ordinance 25068: Amend grants budget; appropriate funding from the county council approved operating budget to the senior home repair program (to be considered June 10). (Not acted on at this session.) - Order 25070: Amend FY25 approved operating budget; reduce grants fixed-charge budget line items for county council-provided grant funding (to be considered June 10). (Not acted on at this session.)

The meeting concluded with a motion to adjourn that the committee approved by voice vote. No recorded roll-call tallies for the motions were provided in the transcript excerpt.

Votes at a glance (recorded outcomes in the transcript): - Motion to approve minutes of 04/22/2025: approved (voice vote). Mover/second: not specified in the transcript. Vote tally: not specified. - Motion to adjourn: approved (voice vote). Mover/second: not specified in the transcript. Vote tally: not specified.

All other orders and ordinances introduced in the session were presented for future consideration or tabled as noted; the committee did not adopt or reject the detailed grant amendments during the May 27 meeting.