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Ogden Council approves HUD annual action plan amendment, reallocates HOME funds for down-payment assistance and infill housing
Summary
Council adopted Amendment 1 to the five-year Consolidated Plan to reflect program income and carryover, increasing HOME-funded down-payment assistance to $600,000, reallocating CHDO funds for a single-family infill home at 2217 Madison Ave ($158,520), and approving a budget ordinance to align city books with the changes.
Ogden City Council on Tuesday adopted Amendment 1 to its five-year Consolidated Plan and approved a companion budget ordinance to align the city’s fiscal-year accounts with updated HUD grant estimates.
Jeremy, a community development staff member, told the council the midyear amendment ‘‘trues up’’ previously projected budgets to reflect program income (loan repayments and proceeds from property sales) and unspent carryover from prior years. He said staff proposes increasing the HOME-funded Owner-Occupant/down-payment assistance program to $600,000 to support roughly 50 down-payment assistance loans and reallocating CHDO funds—$158,520—to help construct a new single-family home at 2217 Madison Avenue.
Justin, representing the finance team, said the ordinance amendment reconciles differences between the city’s adopted budget and the ConPlan amendment and amounts to an adjustment ‘‘just over $1.2 million’’ so line items match final awards and carryover.
During the public hearing Laura Lewis asked where the increased funding comes from. Jeremy answered that the community development programs are supported by program income and carryover—funds generated when loan recipients sell properties or repay loans—rather than by a general-tax increase.
Vice Chair Hyer moved to adopt proposed Resolution 2025-25, which approves Amendment 1 to the annual action plan; the motion was seconded and adopted by roll call. Council then moved on to adopt proposed Ordinance 2025-42, the budget amendment that brings city accounts into alignment with the ConPlan changes; that ordinance also passed on roll-call votes.
Council members praised the transparency of the process and highlighted that recycling program income into new homeownership and rehabilitation projects keeps federal entitlement funds active in the community. The actions approve the line-item reallocations and give staff authority to implement the amended spending plan for the HUD grants.
The council’s adoption completes the local approval steps for Amendment 1; the administration will proceed with the program adjustments and the budgets as amended.
