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Rocky Mount staff outline plan to spend $8.5 million state allocation on housing and judicial center; 17‑month spending deadline noted
Summary
City staff presented a proposed plan to use an $8.5 million allocation from the North Carolina state budget — $4 million for housing and $4.5 million for a judicial center project — and warned the funds must be spent by June 30 next year; staff proposed specific allocations and asked council approval to submit scopes of work to the state.
City staff told Rocky Mount council members they plan to submit scopes of work to the North Carolina Office of State Budget and Management (OSBM) for an $8.5 million state allocation and outlined how the funds could be used for affordable housing programs and the planned judicial center. Staff emphasized the allocation must be spent by June 30 of next year and presented a near-term spending plan to meet that deadline.
“...the funds have to be spent by June 30th next year,” a city presenter said, explaining the city has roughly 17 months to obligate and spend the money. The allocation was described as coming from the 2023–2025 state budget and, in the city’s prior actions, $4,000,000 had been assigned to an affordable housing initiative and $4,500,000 to the judicial center project.
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