Lycoming commissioners move CDBG funds to shelter renovation, adopt required grant policies
February 27, 2026 | Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
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The Lycoming County Board of Commissioners voted to shift $24,385 in federal Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds from a parking-lot restoration project to renovation work for the Saving Grama shelter and adopted a package of CDBG-required policies and administrative resolutions.
At the public hearing, a county CDBG representative identified the transfer as a FY2023 budget modification and explained the move was prompted by a pending ownership transfer for the original 'Life Like Homeing' parking-lot project, meaning that officials “cannot ensure that the project will be a priority,” so money was moved “where we knew it could be used.” The board approved the budget modification by voice vote.
The commissioners also read and adopted a set of 16 policies and agreements required by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for administering CDBG dollars. Those items include a resolution authorizing the county’s partner council-of-governments staff to execute CDBG administrative documents on Lycoming County’s behalf.
As part of the CDBG package, the board approved administrative resolutions required by grant rules: establishing a Title VI complaint/grievance procedure and designating a complaint compliance officer, and appointing a language-access coordinator to oversee services for residents with limited English proficiency. The read resolution names Michael Hagen as the county’s designated complaint compliance officer and language-access coordinator.
The board also adopted a policy committing Lycoming County to prohibit excessive force by law enforcement against nonviolent civil-rights demonstrators, language included as a CDBG program requirement. Commissioners voted to adopt the policy and the suite of CDBG documents during the hearing; the clerk recorded the approvals with an oral “aye.”
What happens next: the county will file the amended budget and the signed CDBG administrative documents and proceed with the Saving Grama shelter renovation using the reprogrammed funds. The resolutions and the budget modification were entered into the meeting record.
At the public hearing, a county CDBG representative identified the transfer as a FY2023 budget modification and explained the move was prompted by a pending ownership transfer for the original 'Life Like Homeing' parking-lot project, meaning that officials “cannot ensure that the project will be a priority,” so money was moved “where we knew it could be used.” The board approved the budget modification by voice vote.
The commissioners also read and adopted a set of 16 policies and agreements required by the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development for administering CDBG dollars. Those items include a resolution authorizing the county’s partner council-of-governments staff to execute CDBG administrative documents on Lycoming County’s behalf.
As part of the CDBG package, the board approved administrative resolutions required by grant rules: establishing a Title VI complaint/grievance procedure and designating a complaint compliance officer, and appointing a language-access coordinator to oversee services for residents with limited English proficiency. The read resolution names Michael Hagen as the county’s designated complaint compliance officer and language-access coordinator.
The board also adopted a policy committing Lycoming County to prohibit excessive force by law enforcement against nonviolent civil-rights demonstrators, language included as a CDBG program requirement. Commissioners voted to adopt the policy and the suite of CDBG documents during the hearing; the clerk recorded the approvals with an oral “aye.”
What happens next: the county will file the amended budget and the signed CDBG administrative documents and proceed with the Saving Grama shelter renovation using the reprogrammed funds. The resolutions and the budget modification were entered into the meeting record.
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