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Osakis moves to apply for Minnesota housing infrastructure grant; consultant offers no‑cost needs assessment
Summary
The Osakis City Council voted May 12 to authorize application for a Minnesota housing infrastructure grant after a presentation by funding consultant Laura Oley. The grant has a June 12 deadline, a $500,000 request cap and a required 50% local match.
Laura Oley, funding program manager at Falling Engineering, told the Osakis City Council on May 12 that the state of Minnesota has opened a one-time housing infrastructure grant opportunity with a June 12 application deadline and limited statewide funds.
"The state has put a cap at a max of $500,000 request," Oley said, and she told the council the program requires a 50% local match and limits single-family subsidy requests to $40,000 per unit. Oley said the program is competitive — about $7.75 million is available statewide — and that readiness and planning will weigh heavily in scoring.
The council moved to pass a resolution authorizing staff to proceed with the application and the preliminary documents required by the state. Oley also offered a no‑charge needs-assessment to strengthen any application and said her firm could assist with required documents, including the council resolution the application requires.
Council members asked about timing and scoring; Oley said the state’s portal had just opened and Friday would be the last day for application questions before the June 12 due date. She advised the city to gather the needed financial-certification materials and to coordinate with partners and the EDA to maximize readiness.
The motion to authorize application (recorded in the meeting as a council resolution) passed by voice vote. The council and staff noted the tight timeline and instructed staff to return any follow-up materials to the Council as needed.
What’s next: staff will prepare the required resolution and supporting materials for submission and coordinate the offered needs assessment if the city proceeds with a formal application.
