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Commissioners direct staff to exit HOME consortium with City of Sarasota and prepare county to administer future funds
Summary
After discussing options, the board directed staff to pursue option 3: disband the existing HOME consortium led by the City of Sarasota and prepare Sarasota County to receive and administer future HUD HOME allocations; commissioners asked to leave previously awarded funds with the city while staff prepares MOU/transition steps.
The Sarasota County commission voted June 4 to pursue exiting the long-standing HOME consortium with the City of Sarasota and to prepare the county to serve as lead entity for future HOME program allocations.
Steve Hyde told commissioners the consortium—operating under an interlocal agreement since 1991 and with the current agreement in place since 2001—brings roughly $800,000 per program year to the…
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