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Wheeling council hears plan to consolidate CDBG carryover for major East Wheeling street repairs
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City Manager Dave Herron proposed consolidating more than $300,000 in unspent CDBG funds from prior years into a single project to mill and fill 12th Street in East Wheeling, targeting low- and moderate-income beneficiaries and aiming for completion in late spring or early summer.
City Manager Dave Herron told the Wheeling City Council during a public hearing that the city is proposing to consolidate leftover Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the last three years into a single street-repair project in East Wheeling.
"This public hearing is a proposal to take funds that have been left over for projects from the last 3 years in CDBG funds that were under budget or maybe not completed or not undertaken, money that is left over and consolidate that into 1 project," Herron said. He estimated the consolidated amount will be in excess of $300,000 and said the money would pay to mill and fill 12th Street — from Jacob up the hill toward Grandview, then along Grandview Street across the ridge to Stone Boulevard.
Herron described the roadway as "in very bad condition" and said the project would be targeted to low- and moderate-income residents who benefit from CDBG-eligible repairs. He told council members the work could be completed in late spring or early summer if the council approves the allocation.
No members of the public signed up to speak for the hearing; after Herron’s presentation the council returned to its regular session. The mayor and council members did not request additional information during the hearing, and no formal motion on the CDBG reallocation is recorded in the transcript of this meeting.
If council votes to reallocate the funds, the project would use federal CDBG rules for beneficiary qualification and reporting; Herron also noted that unspent prior-year project funds are the source of the proposed consolidation. The council will need to take a subsequent formal vote if it wishes to approve moving the carryover dollars into the East Wheeling milling-and-filling project.
