Get Full Government Meeting Transcripts, Videos, & Alerts Forever!
Get email alerts on the Historic Preservation topic
No spam. Unsubscribe anytime.
Committee moves $750,000 Fort Wayne preservation grant to formal session after typo clarified
Summary
The Neighborhoods Operations Committee moved a Save America's Treasures grant for Historic Fort Wayne to formal session after staff confirmed a typographical error: the federal award is $750,000 with a matching $750,000 cash requirement; staff agreed to provide written confirmation of the number.
The Neighborhoods Operations Committee on behalf of the City of Detroit moved a FY2024 Save America's Treasures grant for Historic Fort Wayne to formal session with a recommendation for approval after staff clarified a budget typo.
During discussion, a council member asked whether the award was $75,000 or $750,000, noting grant materials in the packet showed a lower figure. Alex Weatherup, assistant director in the General Services Department, told the committee "through the chair, it is 750,000" and apologized for the error, saying he would "get to the bottom of it and get you something in writing." The agenda listed a federal share of $750,000 and a required cash match of $750,000; the agenda also included an apparent data-entry error listing "1,500,000,000.0" as the total project cost, which staff acknowledged as incorrect and will address in writing.
Committee members said they supported the funding for Historic Fort Wayne but asked for written confirmation to correct the record before formal approval. The committee voted (by unanimous consent, with no roll-call objections recorded in the transcript) to move the item to formal session with a recommendation for approval.
Next steps: staff will provide the written correction of the grant amount and the item will appear in formal session/new business for the council's formal action.
