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Northampton County board approves resolution to apply for 2025 Community Development Block Grant
Summary
After a public hearing, the Northampton County Board of Commissioners approved a resolution authorizing the county to apply for a 2025 Community Development Block Grant to support replacement and rehabilitation of eligible houses across participating towns. Commissioners sought clarification about how addresses were selected.
Northampton County commissioners on an evening meeting voted to approve a resolution authorizing the county to apply for a 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) to support replacement and rehabilitation of homes across multiple participating towns.
The action followed a public hearing in which county staff described that 12 different towns and entities had submitted eligible properties and that some towns had previously participated in the program but had more eligible houses than their local grant dollars allowed. A commissioner asked repeatedly how specific addresses on the eligibility list were selected, citing differences in street names for properties ("218 Church Street" versus "218 East Church Street" and "217 Franklin") and asking, "Where do these addresses come from?" The transcript records the question but not a final clarification during the hearing.
County staff said the program uses a housing selection committee made up of representatives from the participating towns — for example, in Garysburg the town administrator participates — who forward addresses and applications when a town has more eligible properties than its allocation. Staff also noted that some projects are full replacements while others are rehabilitation work, and cautioned that a grant amount can be limited: "Because $950,000 sounds like a lot, but it doesn't go that far when you're talking about housing," a staff member said.
A board member moved to approve the resolution for the Northampton County CDBG application and another board member seconded. After a call for discussion, multiple board members said "aye" and the chair declared, "Resolution is approved." The transcript records the motion, the audible 'ayes' and the chair's declaration; an itemized roll-call tally was not recorded in the available transcript lines.
The public hearing was formally closed before the vote. Staff offered to meet one-on-one with local officials or applicants to explain the CDBG application process and to help towns prepare future applications. The approved resolution authorizes county staff to proceed with the county's application for the 2025 CDBG funding round.
Next steps: staff will submit the formal application as authorized by the resolution and continue outreach with participating towns to clarify property selection and application details.
