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Chattahoochee County authorizes FY2025 CDBG application and pledges $47,500 match
Summary
The commission unanimously approved filing an application for up to $1,000,000 in FY2025 Community Development Block Grant funds for a community facilities program and pledged a $47,500 county cash match and leverage if the grant is awarded.
The Chattahoochee County Board of Commissioners voted unanimously March 4 to authorize submission of a Fiscal Year 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs for a community facilities program and to obligate $47,500 from county funds as match and leverage for the grant application.
Commissioner Jason Frost moved to file the CDBG application; Commissioner Gerald Douglas seconded and the motion passed unanimously. The minutes also record a separate motion, moved by Commissioner Frost and seconded by Commissioner Douglas, approving a resolution authorizing the county to obligate $47,500 in county funds to serve as required match and leverage if the application is successful.
The record includes a draft resolution and a Letter of Agreement with the River Valley Regional Commission (RC), dated March 4, 2025, in which the RC agrees to prepare the application and provide technical assistance. The RC will charge a fee to defray application costs: $750 for a new application (or $500 for a rewrite) to cover expenses such as travel, postage and photo duplication. The letter states that if the application is awarded, the RC and county would enter a separate contract for administration and management services and that the RC would assist with data collection, public hearings, preliminary environmental and historic assessments, and procurement steps.
The commission's resolutions authorize the chair to execute application documents and to provide subsequent information required by the Georgia Department of Community Affairs. The minutes do not specify project sites, a timeline for award notification, or detailed budget line items for the requested $1,000,000; those details are expected to be part of the application that the River Valley Regional Commission will prepare.
If awarded, the resolution directs the county chair to submit documentation required by DCA and to take actions necessary to expedite approval of the application.
