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Davenport Citizens Advisory Committee reviews CDBG rules and financial report as new members are seated
Summary
City staff briefed newly seated Davenport Citizens Advisory Committee members on Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) rules, spending priorities and the packet financial report; members approved the February financial report and asked staff about monitoring and timing of HUD allocations.
At its first meeting of the new two‑year term, the Davenport Citizens Advisory Committee heard a detailed orientation to the Community Development Block Grant program and reviewed the financial report through February. Heather Johnson, the city’s Community Development Resource Manager, led the presentation and said the packet explains three categories of funds: current‑year entitlement, prior‑year entitlement (rolled over) and program income (funds recycled through repayments and sales).
Johnson told the CAC that the program requires that, when an activity generates program income, those dollars carry the same federal requirements as newly awarded HUD funds. She explained the typical spending order: program income first, then prior‑year funds, then current‑year entitlement, and noted that HUD also expects jurisdictions to meet timeliness standards so funds are moving each year.
Dawn Cameron, the city’s Lead…
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