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Commissioners request briefing after staff outlines outsourcing plan for expanded home-repair program
Summary
Commissioners asked staff to brief the Community Development Commission on past contract failures and the new plan to outsource expanded home-repair work after staff said additional TIF funds require outside capacity beyond existing staff.
Commissioner Mills pressed staff on April 3 for details after seeing a memorandum about the home-repair and down-payment assistance programs and raised concerns about a prior outsourced contract that left federal funds unspent.
Cynthia Rogers, representing the department's program staff, told the commission staff will continue serving residents in the current pipeline and described reasons staff say outsourcing is being considered for additional work. Rogers said the department currently has 158 homeowner applications reviewed and awaiting contracts and that roughly $6,200,000 in assistance is identified for the pipeline. Rogers also said the broader program budget referenced in the meeting was about $10,000,000 and…
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