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Coos Bay accepts Oregon Housing & Community Services youth emergency housing grant; council flags fiscal oversight
Summary
The council accepted a state youth-emergency housing grant on the consent calendar; staff said Coos Bay will be fiscal recipient, Alternative Youth Activities (AYA) will operate programs, and allowable admin is 15%; a councilor asked staff to tightly track allowable costs because the city, as fiscal owner, could be liable for unallowable expenditures.
Coos Bay accepted funds from the Oregon Housing and Community Services Youth Emergency Housing Assistance Grant on the council's consent calendar.
Nicole (speaker 6) told the council the homeless response office applied for the grant and Coos Bay would receive the funds as the fiscal recipient; Alternative Youth Activities (AYA) was the organization named in the application to deliver services. Staff said the allowable administration rate in the grant is 15 percent and that city and homeless-response-office roles and allocations are still being finalized.
One council member raised a fiscal‑risk concern, noting that as the grant's fiscal owner the city could be liable if money were spent on unallowable costs. The council approved the consent calendar and staff said they would work through specific allocations and vet compliance language before expenditures occur.
The approval was taken as part of the consent calendar with a voice vote; councilors instructed staff to document admin allocations and oversight procedures before funds are disbursed.
