

The Metropolis Council talked over the achievements of the Senior Citizen House Advancement program that has been wildly popular in the local community through Monday’s function session. Pictured, from still left, are Metropolis Councilman William Reynolds, R-Ward V, and Housing Committee Chairwoman Marie Carrubba, D-Ward IV.
P-J photograph by Timothy Frudd

The Senior Citizen Household Enhancement program seems to be earning a big impact in the community.
While the Housing Committee did not fulfill through Monday’s Town Council function session because of to the special assembly session on the 2023 budget, the Metropolis Council reviewed the thriving implementation of the Senior Citizen Property Enhancement software.
In the course of November’s voting session, the Town Council an additional $500,000 in American Rescue System Act funding for the Senior Citizen Dwelling Advancement Incentive system. By allocating an supplemental $500,000 in ARPA funding, the Metropolis Council was in a position to bring the total allotment of the Senior Citizen Household Advancement Incentive application to $1.5 million.
The more funding was handed in buy to include the remaining initiatives by permitted applicants that were set on keep till more funding was manufactured readily available by the Metropolis Council.
Past week, Mayor Eddie Sundquist instructed City Council members that letters experienced been mailed to every single of the authorized candidates, permitting them know that the additional funding had been manufactured offered underneath the Senior Citizen Home Improvement software.
“I believe that anyone who was approved really should have had letters mailed very last week and must have gained them by now.” Housing Committee Chairwoman Marie Carrubba, D-Ward IV, claimed for the duration of this week’s conference. “I do have a checklist of all the houses, and I believe it is at least 193 inhabitants that have been accredited for money for both the aged or senior acceptance.”
Carrubba said credit rating really should go to anyone included in the Senior Citizen Home Advancement challenge, which include employees in the Office of Enhancement, the Metropolis Council and Lisa Volpe’s workplace.
“It’s obviously great news to imagine that 193 inhabitants are obtaining support with a variety of assignments that will assistance, which include a wheelchair ramp for somebody, which is very around and expensive to me in terms of accessibility,” she claimed.
Metropolis Councilwoman Kim Ecklund, R-At Massive, questioned the metropolis administration if the reimbursement procedure has been started off for people below the Senior Citizen Dwelling Advancement method. Sundquist stated that the reimbursement approach is underway and that some of the initiatives have by now been completed.
“We’ve acquired some superb cards from some persons that required incredibly little enhancements but have truly altered their life,” he stated. “It’s really a fantastic system.”
The City Council has produced the Senior Citizen Home Improvement Incentive plan a major precedence in excess of the earlier various months, given the achievements and popularity of the system with Jamestown citizens. Soon after completely funding the system final thirty day period, council customers have been pleased with preliminary the benefits of the program.








