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Manatee County approves final CDBG-DR action plan, forwards package to HUD
Summary
The Manatee County Board of County Commissioners on June 20 approved the final Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) action plan and authorized submission of required certifications and documents to HUD; both motions passed by announcement 6–0 with Commissioner Bearden absent.
Manatee County commissioners voted unanimously June 20 to approve the county’s final Community Development Block Grant Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) action plan and to authorize submission of the plan and required certifications to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Michelle Davis, Grant Administration Division Manager for Manatee County, told the board the plan is the product of a six‑to‑seven month process and that staff had incorporated feedback from the public comment period. “I’m really excited that we were able to get here,” Davis said, noting the county received nine new comments and included responses in the final packet distributed to the commissioners.
Commissioner Bob McCann moved approval of recommended changes to the draft action plan; the Chair (name not specified) announced they had seconded the motion. After the Chair opened for public comment and none was offered, the board’s vote was called and announced as approved 6–0 with Commissioner Bearden absent. McCann then moved a second motion to approve submission of the final plan and other required certifications to HUD; Commissioner Sadiq seconded. The Chair confirmed votes for the second motion were also recorded as 6–0 with Commissioner Bearden absent.
The action plan is intended to guide distribution of federal disaster‑recovery funds to local recovery priorities. After the votes, Davis thanked board members and staff for completing the multi‑month effort. The Chair described the plan as directing large‑scale funds toward stormwater, housing and other quality‑of‑life improvements to help the county recover from last year’s storms; the numeric amount cited in the meeting transcript was unclear.
No public comments were received at the meeting. The board recessed for five weeks and set its next meeting for July 29.
Procedural details: the record shows Commissioner Bob McCann made the motions; the Chair (name not specified) seconded the first motion and participated in vote announcements. Individual roll‑call votes for every commissioner were not read into the record in full; the Chair announced the overall tallies.
