Committee approves closure of Capital Project No. 507 and transfers oversight to Community Development

At a meeting called to order at 3:30 p.m., the Government Relations Committee approved a motion to close Capital Project No. 507, a grant-funded effort tied to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to rebuild the Newburgh Landing pier, and to transfer oversight of the project to the county’s Community Development Office.

Speaker 4, presenting the item, said the Planning Department had submitted the original grant application "a number of years back" and that, after review, the project was "better aligned" with Community Development because that office has the resources to manage HUD funding. "And so it's it's better aligned because of the existing resources that they have to manage HUD funding," Speaker 4 said.

The agenda item was identified as Legislative Request No. 293 and noted in the meeting as previously approved by Resolution No. 139 of 2023. Speaker 4 told the committee the county would continue to manage the project overall while engineering work would be handled by Jason Morris, identified in the transcript as the city engineer. Committee members discussed whether transferring the project required moving appropriated funds; attendees said an appropriation had already been completed, with one speaker stating it was done "last month."

Speaker 3 called the question; the motion passed by voice vote with no opposition recorded after Speaker 2 verbally responded "Aye." No further votes or amendments were recorded in the transcript.

With business complete, a member moved to adjourn and the meeting ended.