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Rocky Mount council approves state-funded housing grants, downtown contracts and July street closure
Summary
The Rocky Mount City Council approved a package of state-funded appropriations and agreements including a $700,000 housing repair grants appropriation, a $300,000 homelessness-support appropriation (one member recused), a $375,000 building reuse grant and related nonprofit funding for OIC, a wholesale sewer agreement with Nashville, the Imagine Rocky Mount 2050 contract, updated banking authorizations, and a street closure for July 19.
The Rocky Mount City Council approved a string of budget appropriations, grant agreements and contracts at a regularly scheduled meeting that included new state-funded money for housing repairs, support for homelessness services and multiple other authorizations.
On an ordinance amendment introduced under Item 10, the council authorized appropriating $700,000 from the state budget appropriations fund to expand distribution of grants through the city’s housing repair and rehabilitation programs. Councilman Knight moved the ordinance; Councilman Joiner seconded, and the motion passed by voice vote.
The council then approved a $300,000 appropriation from the same state fund to support an…
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