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Hamilton City Council adopts HOME‑ARP amendment, CDBG and multiple housing and budget measures
Summary
Council unanimously approved an amendment to use HOME‑ARP funds, new HOME and CDBG appropriations, supplemental appropriations and several land‑use resolutions during its Oct. 9 meeting; all roll‑call votes recorded 7–0 in favor.
Hamilton City Council voted unanimously Oct. 9 to adopt a package of ordinances and resolutions that authorize the use of federal and local funds for housing, community development and city operations.
The council approved a substantial amendment to the FY2021–2022 Annual Action Plan to include Home Investment Partnerships American Rescue Plan (HOME‑ARP) funds for housing activities. A public‑hearing notice read into the record listed the HOME‑ARP amount as $1,120,686.40. Council later adopted the ordinance by roll call vote; the motion passed 7–0.
Council also adopted an ordinance to accept and appropriate HOME Program grant funds of $443,073.28 for fiscal year 2024–25 and an ordinance to accept and appropriate Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds of $1,426,492 for fiscal year 2024–25; both measures passed on second readings with unanimous roll‑call votes.
In addition, council approved a supplemental appropriations ordinance for ongoing fiscal‑year needs and adopted several resolutions to convey or lease small city parcels (so‑called side lots) to adjoining property owners. Each of those motions carried on roll call votes recorded in the transcript as unanimous.
Several councilmembers moved and seconded the legislation in the normal course of business. Vice Mayor Pullman repeatedly moved to suspend the rules for second readings; the council granted those motions and adopted the ordinances by recorded vote. The clerk read ordinance titles and funding amounts into the record.
What happens next: ordinances appropriating federal funds require administrative steps to implement program activities and, where applicable, submission of amended action plans to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The council authorized staff to submit the HOME‑ARP amendment to HUD as part of the adopted ordinance.
Quotes from the meeting: “I move the ordinance be adopted,” said Councilmember Nabb during the pay‑range and other ordinance votes. The city’s roll‑call records in the meeting transcript show each adoption as 7–0.
Votes at a glance: • Ordinance amending pay ranges (emergency ordinance EOR 2023‑12‑106) — adopted (7–0). • Ordinance approving HOME‑ARP substantial amendment and appropriating approximately $1.12 million for housing activities — adopted (7–0). • Ordinance accepting HOME Program grant funds ($443,073.28) for FY2024–25 — adopted (7–0). • Ordinance accepting CDBG funds ($1,426,492) for FY2024–25 — adopted (7–0). • Supplemental appropriations ordinance for FY2024 — adopted (7–0). • Resolutions conveying/leasing designated side lots to adjoining owners — adopted (7–0).
Funding and next steps: the ordinances appropriate federal grant dollars to the city’s housing and community‑development budgets; staff will coordinate program implementation and any required applications or performance reporting to HUD and other funders.
