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Elizabeth council authorizes up to $10 million in Community Directed Spending requests to federal delegation
Summary
Council authorized the city's application for FY27 Community Directed Spending appropriations of up to $10,000,000 to be submitted to the legislative delegation for sponsorship, citing prior awards for lead service line replacements and a mobile emergency homeless services bus.
The Elizabeth City Council on March 10 authorized city officials to apply for FY27 Community Directed Spending (CDS) appropriations totaling up to $10 million to be submitted to the city's federal and state legislative delegation for sponsorship.
Meeting materials note the projects will be submitted to Senator Cory Booker, Senator Andy Kim and Congressman Rob Menendez for consideration. The clerk's letter referenced previous successful appropriations in FY23, FY24 and FY26 for lead service line replacements and a mobile emergency homeless and case management bus. The council approved the authorization unanimously.
The resolution directs city officials to prepare and sign all appropriate documents for submission; individual project proposals will be reviewed by delegation offices and may be sponsored through their respective appropriations processes.
