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North Beach adopts fair-housing plan and hears update on CDBG-backed food pantry rebuild
Summary
The Town Council adopted Resolution 25-001, approving a three-year fair housing equal-opportunity plan required to apply for Community Development Block Grant funds. Town staff also updated the council on the Ladies of Charity food pantry rebuild and outstanding reimbursements related to the project.
Mayor Benton led the council in adopting Resolution 25-001, a three-year Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) fair-housing equal-opportunity plan required for CDBG applications.
Mayor Benton moved to adopt the resolution and Councilmember Hummel seconded; the motion carried by voice vote. The council did not take a roll-call vote in the transcript and recorded the passage by ayes.
Town Clerk Stacy Myler briefed the council during the required public hearing on the CDBG-funded Ladies of Charity food pantry rebuild. Myler told the council the town “was awarded $7,000 from community development block grant with the Ladies of Charity being subrecipients,” and said the pantry “has been under construction for a little under four months, with 80% of the project completed at this time.” She told the council the town has submitted multiple reimbursement requests and said the town is “up to the total amount of $623,000” in reimbursements; she added that a fourth reimbursement will be submitted next week and that “that will leave us with a balance of $51,000 that’s remaining to pay to the contractor for the town’s portion of the grant.”
The figures stated in the record appear inconsistent (the clerk used both a $7,000 award figure and a $623,000 reimbursement total in the same update); Myler presented those numbers as the town’s report. The council did not offer a detailed line-item reconciliation during the meeting; Mayor Benton and staff said they would follow up with additional details for council questions about reimbursement timing and remaining town obligations.
Why this matters: adoption of the fair-housing plan is a prerequisite for applying for certain CDBG funds that can support community infrastructure and nonprofit facility work. The Ladies of Charity pantry project is an active capital project for the town and involves both construction completion and outstanding town-level payments.
Next steps: staff said they will submit the next reimbursement request the week following the meeting and will provide additional budget breakdowns on request.
