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Janie Christenson, who presented the spending update, said staff provided a spreadsheet showing subrecipient expenditures through December and had sent letters to any recipient below 50% spent. \"This is the second year that Lutheran Social Services has been in a slow spend situation. Currently, from July to December, they've submitted 1 invoice for $300, which only puts them at 2% spent,\" Christenson said. She told the committee the city gave LSS a March 1 date to submit outstanding invoices; \"after that, we will close out their portion of the grant and redistribute those funds to some of the other agencies who were already spent down their funds.\"

Christenson also reported that Volunteers in Medicine was at about 45% at one point but subsequently submitted multiple invoices: \"On December 23, they submitted invoices for July and August. And on January 15, they submitted invoices for September, October, November, December.\" Staff said ESG program recipients were tracking above the 50% threshold and presented no similar concerns.

Committee members asked how staff would redistribute any recovered funds; Christenson said staff would \"sit down and have a discussion\" and reach out to agencies that were trending well to determine where to redistribute a relatively small amount of money. The transcript indicates one redistribution example discussed earlier in the meeting: small adjustments among CDBG awardees to fully fund certain smaller programs.

Shade Tree was noted as having stopped submitting invoices after losing its chief financial officer; staff said that organization is also being monitored. Committee members repeatedly urged prompt invoice submission and emphasized the importance of spend-down to meet federal deadlines.

No formal vote was taken on the spending update; staff requested and received committee acknowledgement of the monitoring steps and deadlines.

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The recommendation follows several hours of deliberation and presentations, including two bus tours of applicant facilities. Committee members debated whether to shift small amounts among applicants to fully fund some smaller programs while partially reducing others. Member May moved to accept the recommendation amounts in column H; Member Alpert seconded the motion, which passed on a voice vote.

Why it matters: CDBG dollars fund local nonprofits that provide food, youth services, mentoring and other public services for North Las Vegas residents. Small reallocations among awardees affect which programs receive full funding and which are reduced this grant cycle.

Committee members highlighted several specific adjustments made during the meeting. Members agreed to take $3,200 from Communities and Schools of Nevada and add it to Iron Sharpens Iron to fully fund the latter, which committee members described as a shoestring program that could use the full request. A separate adjustment moved $3,000 from Lighthouse Charities to Baby’s Bounty, raising Baby’s Bounty’s recommended share from 49% to about 54% of its request.

Members repeatedly referenced the bus tours as a reason for preserving funding for organizations whose in-person operations impressed them. \"I was really impressed actually with every one of them also,\" Member Alpert said, referencing the site visits. Multiple members said the tours changed how they scored some applicants compared with their initial application reviews.

Members also discussed eligibility limits for certain uses of grant funds. Member May asked whether CDBG could pay for State of the City tickets; staff responded that such purchases are not eligible under CDBG because they do not meet a national objective. \"State of the City tickets is not covered by Community Development Block Grant funding. It covers no national objective,\" a staff member said.

Several members urged the city to consider larger matching contributions in future years so the committee's recommendations would carry more weight. Member Alpert urged the city to seek creative ways to add municipal dollars to the pool, saying, in part, that city budgets include many large line items and that matching funds could expand the committee's impact.

The committee’s approval of column H concludes the panel’s funding recommendations; staff will forward the recommendations to the City Council for consideration.

Votes at a glance: The motion to \"accept the recommended amounts in column H\" was moved by Member May and seconded by Member Alpert; the committee approved the motion by voice vote. No roll-call tally was recorded in the meeting transcript.

The committee also completed a separate, shorter vote to approve recommended Emergency Solutions Grant (ESG) allocations (see related article).","The North Las Vegas Citizens Advisory Committee approved recommended Community Development Block Grant allocations for fiscal 2025–26, making modest reallocations (including a $3,200 transfer to Iron Sharpens Iron and a $3,000 transfer to Baby's Bounty) after members discussed priorities following recent site visits.","actionData","errors"]

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Staff warns of slow spending by Lutheran Social Services; committee sets March 1 deadline for invoices

North Las Vegas advisory panel approves CDBG funding recommendations after debate over small reallocations