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Gadsden council adopts $919,424 FY2026 CDBG action plan
Summary
The Gadsden City Council adopted Ordinance 2026-0536 to approve the city's FY2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan and forward it to HUD, allocating $919,424 across administration, loans, street and public-facility improvements.
Gadsden's City Council voted June 2 to adopt Ordinance 2026-0536, approving the fiscal year 2026 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) annual action plan and forwarding the plan to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development for approval.
The ordinance sets the city's CDBG entitlement at $919,424. The draft action plan published for a 30-day citizen-participation comment period (April 24'May 25) lists proposed allocations: CDBG administration $183,884.80; public services including $8,000 for the James M. Berry Center and $10,000 for the Family Success Center; Section 108 loan repayment $200,000; street improvements $267,539.20; and public facility improvements including $250,000 for fire station renovations, for a total of $919,424.
City staff said HUD requires entitlement communities to prepare and approve an annual action plan to identify activities funded under the consolidated plan. Council members agreed to suspend the rules and consider the ordinance immediately; a voice vote followed and the clerk recorded the motion as carried.
The council did not record individual roll-call votes in the public record during the meeting transcript; the clerk announced the motion carried. The ordinance authorizes staff to forward the plan and any required responses to HUD, and states the ordinance is effective upon adoption.
What happens next: staff will submit the adopted plan to HUD and proceed with program implementation and contract procurement as authorized under the CDBG program. Specific project schedules and contract awards were not presented at the meeting and were listed in the draft plan on the city website.
