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Subcommittee backs $468,404 CDBG Year '52 plan, listing allocations to housing rehab and local service providers
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The Leominster City Ways and Means Subcommittee recommended accepting $468,404 in Community Development Block Grant funds for Year '52, allocating funds to housing rehab, clerk/coordinator salaries, administrative costs and multiple local nonprofits; one member recused from a specific pantry allocation.
The Leominster City Ways and Means Subcommittee recommended the mayor's CDBG Year '52 action plan, which proposes $468,404 in federal Community Development Block Grant funds for housing rehab, administrative costs and local service providers.
"This year, the city is receiving a total of $468,404. This is a federal program," the chair said, outlining the mayor's allocations in the plan. The proposal assigns $70,000 to public services (examples read into the record include Beacon of Hope $6,000; the recreation department summer program $2,000; mayor's office energy assistance $15,000; mayor's office state pool fee $2,000; aging services/NCM $5,000; North Star homeless shelter $7,000; Spanish American Center Crossroads $4,000; Spanish American Center referral and advocacy $6,000; Gene Kapocha Learning Center $4,000; Catholic Charities $3,000; Growing Places Pop Up Market $5,000; Ginny's Helping Hand Food Pantry $5,000; Mulchford Military $4,000; ClearPath for Veterans referrals $2,000). The plan also lists a CDBG clerk salary of $80,000, coordinator $7,000, administrative expenses $5,000, housing rehab expense $35,000, housing rehab funds $251,404, housing clerk $4,000 and a legacy HUD loan of $16,000 referenced from prior sidewalk work.
A committee member announced a recusal from the Ginny's Helping Hand Food Pantry portion of the public-services allocations: "I'll I'll just add, I'll be recusing myself from the Ginny's portion of it," the committee member said, while also expressing support for the overall program. Other members praised the work of the absent CDBG coordinator, Ellen Racine, and supported recommending acceptance of the plan.
Chair closed the discussion and moved that the subcommittee recommend granting item C-65 (the CDBG action plan) for acceptance; the motion carried as the committee recorded its recommendation. The subcommittee then moved and seconded adjournment and closed the meeting.
