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Commissioners debate accepting small HOME‑ARP and CDBG increases amid reprocurement concerns
Summary
County staff notified commissioners of small additional HUD CDBG and HOME allocations and a $4,682 HOME‑ARP offer from Treasury; commissioners questioned whether the administrative cost and a new RFP process would outweigh the amount and asked staff to prepare options and a resolution.
County staff told commissioners on June 3 that Butler County will receive additional federal funds for 2025: about $55,000 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds and nearly $20,000 in HOME funds from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Separately, the U.S. Department of Treasury offered $4,682 in HOME‑ARP (American Rescue Plan) funds that would require the county to amend its existing HOME‑ARP plan and likely reinitiate a request‑for‑proposals (RFP) procurement process.
Staff said the county previously conducted an RFP for HOME‑ARP implementation and that two capital project proposals…
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