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Chattahoochee County authorizes FY2025 CDBG application and pledges $47,500 in local match
Summary
The commission authorized filing a FY2025 Community Development Block Grant application for up to $1,000,000 and adopted a resolution committing $47,500 from county funds as required match. The River Valley Regional Commission will prepare the application under a letter-of-agreement with the county.
Chattahoochee County commissioners voted on March 4 to authorize the filing of a Fiscal Year 2025 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) application and to obligate $47,500 in county funds as the local match/leveraging for a proposed community facilities grant.
The motion to authorize filing the CDBG application was made by Commissioner Jason Frost and seconded by Commissioner Gerald Douglas; the motion passed unanimously, as recorded in the minutes. A separate motion obligating $47,500 in county funds for match was moved by Commissioner Douglas, seconded by Commissioner Frost, and also carried unanimously.
The minutes include a letter-of-agreement with the River Valley Regional Commission (RC), which states the RC will prepare and submit the application to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs and provide necessary planning, data collection, preliminary historic and environmental assessment, and other technical tasks. The RC agreement notes the local government will defray RC costs and lists a $750 charge for preparing a new application or $500 for rewriting an application; if the application is successful, the RC will enter a written contract to provide grant-management services for a fee to be negotiated.
The CDBG resolution filed with the minutes authorizes filing for up to $1,000,000 under the federal Community Development Block Grant program (Housing and Community Development Act of 1974, as amended), and the separate resolution documents the county directive for the chair to execute the application and provide any required follow-up materials to the Georgia Department of Community Affairs.
The minutes do not record a public hearing on the application within the March 4 entry, though the work session materials later reference public outreach and community events; further procedural steps (submission deadlines, RC-led environmental review and required public notices) will follow per standard CDBG application processes.
