No CDBG grant for Alva
• City revenue 14 percent below budgeted amount
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March 26, 2017
The City of Alva received disappointing news about a grant application to help pay for updating the water system. Business Manager Joe Don Dunham told the city council March 20 that Alva didn’t qualify for a CDBG grant in the amount of $450,000.
Dunham said the problem was in the number of surveys returned by citizens. The city was given a list of 350 random addresses for income surveys by OEDA who administers the grants. These surveys were to determine if Alva’s population fit the low to moderate income levels required for CDBG grants. Although Alva turned in 190 completed surveys, OEDA appar...
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