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Joint committee holds public hearing on Kentucky's FY2025 CDBG guidelines
Summary
The Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government and the House Standing Committee on Local Government heard the Department for Local Government present proposed fiscal year 2025 guidelines for the federal Community Development Block Grant program; the session served as the statutorily required public hearing on the guidelines.
The Joint Standing Committee on State and Local Government and the House Standing Committee on Local Government convened to hear the Department for Local Government's proposed fiscal year 2025 guidelines for the federal Community Development Block Grant program, Department officials said.
"We're here to update you on our guidelines for fiscal year 2025, to the Community Development and Block Grant Program administered by the Housing and Urban Development Federal Agency," Commissioner Matt Sawyers, commissioner of the Department for Local Government, told the committee.
The presentation, given by Department for Local Government (DLG) staff, explained that the annual guideline update also serves as the public hearing required by state and federal law for changes to CDBG policy and allocations. DLG staff members present included Billy Johnson; Jennifer Peters; Mark Williams; Travis Weber; Gabe Nickel; and general counsel Matt Stevens and Cole Sutton, officials said.
DLG officials said most CDBG applications the agency receives are submitted through area development districts because smaller communities typically apply through the state. Larger cities such as Lexington, Louisville, Owensboro, Hopkinsville and Henderson receive direct allocations from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) as entitlement communities, the department said.
Committee members conducted roll call at the start of the meeting and then heard the DLG presentation. No formal committee vote on the guidelines was recorded in the provided transcript excerpt. The session functioned as the public hearing required by law, and DLG staff remained available to answer questions about the proposed FY2025 guidelines and application processes.
The guidelines discussed govern how the state administers federal CDBG funds to smaller, non-entitlement jurisdictions and clarify application pathways through area development districts. DLG said the presentation and hearing are a routine, annual step in the agency's allocation process for CDBG funds.
Staff indicated they would accept comments as part of the public hearing process; the transcript excerpt did not include any public comments, staff responses to comments, or final adoption language for the FY2025 guidelines.
