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Mobile council debates $1 million housing-improvement pilot, outlines district MOUs and revolving fund
Summary
Councilors and administration discussed a proposed $1 million Mobile Housing Improvement Plan enterprise fund pilot, including how district memorandums of understanding (MOUs) would work, which expenses are allowable, council oversight of transfers and accounting for district subaccounts.
The Mobile City Council on Sept. 17 aired detailed questions about a proposed $1 million Housing Improvement Plan enterprise fund and an associated memorandum-of-understanding process that would let districts identify target areas for housing and neighborhood revitalization.
The proposal, introduced by the clerk as an item to "establish the City of Mobile Housing Improvement Plan enterprise fund, $1,000,000," prompted extended debate over who would negotiate district MOUs, how the council would retain oversight and how the account would be administered. Administration staff said MOUs would set project scope and parameters and that the full council would retain authority over transfers into the program.
"You could sign all the MOUs…
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