County staff recommend $236,835 in CDBG awards, including housing utilities and accessibility projects

Steve Gibson presented staff recommendations for how the county should allocate its $236,835 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) entitlement for 2026, saying seven applications requested roughly $904,000 in total.

Gibson summarized the recommended awards: a 30% maximum allocation for blight remediation through the Clinton County Redevelopment Authority (listed in the meeting as $53,700), $70,517.50 to the Clinton County Housing Authority to replace or update water, sewer and gas utilities in Porman Circle in Lock Haven (a jointly funded project with the city), $70,517.50 to Bucktail Medical Center for removal of architectural barriers (sidewalk replacement, ramps and door openers), and an administration fee of about $42,100 for the regional administrative body referenced in the transcript as CDICOG/CITICOG.

"In 2026, the county was offered $236,835 of CDBG entitlement funds," Gibson said, and he noted staff and commissioners had met to arrive at the four recommendations that will be on Thursday's agenda. Gibson said the Porman Circle project would be jointly funded with the city of Lock Haven and that the Bucktail Medical Center project would be the second architectural‑barriers removal project for that facility.

Next steps: the recommendations are scheduled for the Thursday agenda; commissioners will consider formal approval then. The transcript includes minor numeric and agency name transcription issues (requests totaling "roughly $904,000" and the administrative body named as both "CITICOG" and "CDICOG"); those items should be confirmed in the staff report and Thursday agenda packet.