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Resolution to consider an obligation of repayment to Health and Urban Development (HUD) regarding the Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG)
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WHEREAS, the City of West Allis is an entitlement communication that receives a formula CDBG grant and administers various programs to assist low -to-moderate income individuals and to address conditions of slum and blight; and,
WHEREAS, the City of West Allis CDBG program includes activities that improve affordable housing and to address needs for decent, safe, and affordable housing; and,
WHEREAS, the City of West Allis CDBG has historically funded an activity in partnership with the West Allis Police Department called Home Security in which door locks, pins, lights etc. are installed as a crime prevention initiative; and,
WHEREAS, HUD monitored the 2017 CDBG program in the fall of 2019 and provided a communication to the Development Department in February of 2020 that suggested more information was needed for Home Security activities to eligible; and,
WHEREAS, HUD requested complete income reviews that involved income, asset, and tax review verses the historic administrative practice of using the most recent income tax return; and,
WHEREAS, the additional administrative requirements proposed by HUD would make the nominal grant per household cost prohibitive and administratively challenging; and,
WHEREAS, HUD is requesting repayment of $2,411.24 from the City for the expenses charged to the Home Security Activity; and,
WHEREAS, that the Director of Development or his designee is recommending the repayment of $2,411.24 to HUD.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Common Council of the City of West Allis that it hereby
approves the obligation of repayment to Health and Urban Development regarding the Community Development Block Grant.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of West Allis approves the repayment of $2,411.24 to HUD from the General Fund via a transfer of...
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