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Killeen opens comment period to reprogram $1.35 million in CDBG funds to Rosa Hereford senior-wing improvements
Summary
The Killeen City Council opened a public comment period on a proposed substantial amendment to reprogram $1,349,445.69 in CDBG funds from the paused Reunification Center to Rosa Hereford Community Center senior-wing improvements; staff says the move is to comply with HUD spending rules, while public commenters raised questions about priorities and local water concerns.
KILLEEN — The Killeen City Council on Aug. 27 opened a public comment period on a proposed substantial amendment to the city’s 2024–25 annual action plan that would reprogram $1,349,445.69 in Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from the suspended Reunification Center project to senior-wing improvements at the Rosa Hereford Community Center.
City staff told the council the Reunification Center project is suspended and capital-improvement funds are being held while staff identifies a CDBG-eligible project to receive the previously allocated grant dollars. “Reprogramming the CDBG funds is necessary to maintain compliance with HUD CDBG expenditure regulations,” a staff presenter said during the council meeting.
The draft amendment and related documents will be available at City of Killeen offices and online, and the formal public comment period runs Sept. 22 through Nov. 4, 2025. A public hearing to receive citizen input is scheduled for Nov. 4; if the council approves the amendment, staff said it will submit the final amendment to HUD no later than Nov. 30, 2025.
During public comment, Melissa Brown asked why roughly $1.3 million would be needed for the Rosa Hereford Center if she understood it to be near completion. “How can this require $1,300,000? If it’s almost finished, if it’s set to be open?” Brown said, adding that the city should consider other uses, including addressing possible lead in water lines in North Killeen.
Staff responded that the proposed reallocation is not meant to cover additional construction change orders for the Reunification Center but to place the HUD-eligible CDBG dollars into an already approved CDBG project so the city does not risk HUD penalties for untimely expenditures. Staff said some prior architectural and design costs—about $49,000—had already been expended on the Reunification Center and that the remaining balance is $1,349,445.69.
Council members pressed for clarity on whether the CDBG funds could be used for other infrastructure needs; city utilities staff said a third-party inventory and recent lead-and-copper testing found no lead service lines in the distribution system and that test results were submitted to TCEQ and EPA.
The public may submit comments in writing, by email to cdgrantsmanagement@cleantexas.gov, or at the Nov. 4 hearing. The draft substantial amendment will be available at City Hall, the community development office, both public libraries and online.
The meeting did not include a final council vote on the amendment; the council only opened the public comment period. The council previously authorized a related reprogramming via ordinance 25037 and received a recommendation from the Community Development Advisory Committee supporting the proposed amendment.
