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Meriden committee reviews $927,552 HUD CDBG PY51 award, names nonprofit allocations and sidewalk projects
Summary
The Human Services Committee reviewed Meriden’s $927,552 PY51 Community Development Block Grant from HUD, heard a line-by-line allocation (including $220,000 for public services and $333,000 for code enforcement), and was briefed on roughly $300,000 of sidewalk projects expected to be awarded by summer.
Meriden’s Human Services Committee on Jan. 6 reviewed the city’s PY51 award of $927,552 from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and the staff recommendations for how those federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) dollars will be used.
"Our award from HUD was $927,552," Joe Fest, director of economic development, told the committee, noting the grant notice arrived Dec. 18, 2025 after federal delays in October. Fest said HUD determines award amounts by population and need and that Meriden’s award is toward the lower end of the city’s historical range.
Fest presented the staff allocation plan: $220,000 for public services (the maximum typically used by legacy CDBG recipients); approximately $86,000 for public facilities; about $333,000 for code enforcement (he said CDBG pays roughly 75% of housing/code-enforcement staff salaries); administration of roughly $191,985; and a Section 108 loan line of about…
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