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Shawnee Council OKs use of leftover COVID CDBG funds to expand storage and volunteer workspace at Shawnee Community Services
Summary
Council approved a substantial amendment to the 2020 CDBG action plan to allocate remaining COVID‑era CDBG funds for a storage‑conversion and covered storage project at Shawnee Community Services, approved a grant administration agreement and authorized advertising a design‑build contract. The project relies on roughly $198,000 of CDBG‑CV funds and a $7,500 local contribution.
Shawnee — The City Council voted Tuesday to amend the city’s 2020 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) action plan to use remaining COVID‑era CDBG funds for facility improvements at Shawnee Community Services, authorizing staff to manage design and construction and approving a grant administration agreement with the nonprofit.
The amendment allocates just over $198,000 of remaining CDBG funds awarded in 2020–21 for a storage‑conversion and covered‑storage project at the agency’s facility. Assistant City Manager Lauren Grasshopper said staff identified roughly $206,000 available when including local contributions and in‑kind city staff time, and that the grant funds must be spent, not merely obligated, before a September 2026 expenditure deadline…
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