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Ashland County approves CDBG grant agreement to pass through funds for Ashland Community Shelter construction
Summary
The Board approved a contract with Northwest Community and the county to pass through Community Development Block Grant funds to the Ashland Community Shelter for construction of a two-story, transitional housing building (one- to two-year tenants); county counsel reviewed the agreement.
The Ashland County Board approved a contract finalizing the county’s role as a pass-through entity for a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) award to the Ashland Community Shelter. The contract authorizes the county to pass grant funds to the shelter for construction work on a two-story building that will provide transitional housing.
County staff told the board the grant was awarded about a year earlier and that construction work is now ready to begin; the county’s action is the final legal agreement allowing the shelter to receive and use the funds. The building described in the meeting is a two-story structure on a site that used to be the Ash Motel; program staff described the housing as “minimum-term” or transitional housing with typical stays of one to two years.
Board members stressed this is a grant-funded project, not a county-funded construction project. The county’s corporation counsel drafted and approved the agreement. A motion to approve the contract passed by voice vote.
Clarifying details: the agreement is a legal pass-through; the shelter is responsible for construction. The meeting record did not include the total grant dollar amount or exact construction timeline; those were described as “not specified” in the packet discussion.
The county will continue to monitor project implementation and confirmed the agreement was reviewed by corporate counsel during the meeting.
