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Sheboygan committee files 2024 CAPER showing CDBG spending focused on low- and moderate-income households
Summary
City staff presented the 2024 CAPER showing most Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds benefited low- and moderate-income residents; committee authorized staff to file the report after a public hearing that included questions on administrative costs and subrecipient reporting.
The Finance and Personnel Committee received the city's 2024 Consolidated Annual Performance Evaluation Report (CAPER) and after public comment authorized staff to file the document with federal agencies. The CAPER covers the consolidated plan years 2020 through 2024 and documents use of Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds to support homeowner rehabilitation, rental assistance and homeless services.
Kristen Fish Peterson, the city's economic development consultant on the CAPER, told the committee that in 2024 the city spent 98.87% of CDBG funds on activities that benefited low- to moderate-income residents and that, collectively, the city and its subrecipients served more than 5,000 households through various programs including homeowner rehab and Shoreline Metro transportation for low- and moderate-income census tracts.
Public commenters asked for more disclosure and questioned figures in the condensed packet. Lisa Salgado said the CAPER packet listed total CDBG funds at $910,675 and administrative costs at $563,786 (about 61.9% of total), and she observed that HUD typically caps administrative fees at 20%. City staff said the consolidated plan and CAPER are produced to demonstrate compliance and that some numerical gaps could reflect timing or subrecipient reporting; Kristen Fish Peterson and planning staff said they would follow up for clarification.
Committee members also asked about the selection process for public-service grantees. Staff said the city received 17 applications for public-service funding, performs in-person interviews of applicants, and prioritized homelessness-related services for the public-service set-aside (which is 15% of the CDBG allocation). Assistant staff named subrecipients including the Salvation Army and Lakeshore CAP as partners delivering homeless services and homeowner rehab.
After discussion the committee voted to authorize the Director of Planning and Economic Development to file the CAPER and to proceed with the required federal reporting.
What happens next: the city will file the CAPER with HUD and staff said they will follow up with additional documentation and clarification on data tables and administrative charges raised during the public hearing.
