Lower Marian board adopts CDBG action plan after staff says public hearings held

The Lower Marian Board of Commissioners voted unanimously June 3 to adopt the township's Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan for program year 52 (2026'027) and to file the related application and assurances.

Emily, a planning staff member, told the grants and community development committee that the township held the two required public hearings earlier this year, placed the draft action plan on display in the planning office and several libraries for a month, and received no written comments. "We have not received any written comment on that," Emily said as she recommended moving ahead with the budget as presented in April.

The item was referred to the full board from the committee and taken up at a special board meeting later the same evening. No members of the public asked to speak during the board's limited public-comment period on the referral items. The board adopted the resolution by a show-of-hands vote recorded as unanimous.

The transcript includes inconsistent or garbled references to the plan's dollar amount (the committee motion recorded an incomplete figure and the board reading later was unclear). Because the record does not provide a clear, unambiguous dollar figure, the amount is not specified here.

The action advances the township's annual plan for allocating federal CDBG funds; staff said earlier public hearings provided residents the opportunity to comment. The board did not record further debate at the special session and did not receive written objections on the record.