Weber County recap: interlocal signed so Weber Housing Authority can receive state CDBG funds

Commissioner Sharon Bolos said the county is supporting the Weber Housing Authority’s access to state Community Development Block Grant funds through an interlocal agreement the agency signed the day before the recorded recap. "We signed an interlocal agreement yesterday," Andy Beedles of the Weber Housing Authority said, adding that the authority "applied and received some CDBG funding from the state and we are being sponsored by Weber County."

Beedles told the commissioners the Housing Authority is now a separate entity and therefore needed an interlocal agreement so Weber County could administer the funds. "So we needed an interlocal agreement to be able to administer those funds," he said. Commissioner Bolos said the agreement "just allows the the Housing Authority to receive the grant money through that partnership."

The transcript did not specify the dollar amount of the CDBG award, the exact date of signature beyond the reference "yesterday," or any motion or vote tallies related to the interlocal. The speakers described the arrangement as a sponsorship and administrative mechanism to permit state grant funds to be distributed and managed on behalf of the housing authority.

The county did not provide further program or budget details in the recap. The next step reported in the recording is ongoing coordination between county staff and the Housing Authority to implement the grant under the interlocal arrangement.