Cranberry Township will allocate more coronavirus relief money toward rent and mortgage assistance for low to moderate-income households.
Township supervisors unanimously voted Thursday to put the entirety of the township’s Community Development Block Grant-Coronavirus Relief (CDBG-CV) money toward the rent and mortgage assistance.
The township’s $55,674 CDBG-CV money previously was split between rent and mortgage assistance, and small business assistance. But township administrative assistant Pam Exley said Venango County recently received further funds that will cover small business assistance countywide.
In other business Thursday, supervisor Matt McSparren said the township will be giving $500 extra toward the Cranberry Festival as the township’s economic development committee is no longer holding a mall expo.
The township had already budgeted $1,000 for the Cranberry Festival that will take place Saturday, Sept. 18.
A few residents have submitted flooding high-water mark information to the township, according to Exley, who added that they are still accepting information.
The township will forward the reports to the Army Corps of Engineers as part of a project to determine what can prevent flooding along Riverside Drive and Lower Two Mile Run and determine who is responsible for preventative measures, McSparren said after the meeting.
“Hopefully we will have the front door open soon,” she said.
Utilities supervisor Mike Erwin said his crew has continued to have trouble getting in touch with residents to install new water meters in the township. Erwin said they leave notices on front doors if nobody responds, but people have been reluctant to call back.
“It only takes about 10 minutes to change the meter, if we could only get in,” Erwin said.
Mike D. Erwin, who stood in for his father as utilities supervisor at the July 8 supervisors meeting, first reported the delay in new meter installations from residents who haven’t responded.
