North Sioux City meeting: South Dakota set to get millions for disaster recovery
NORTH SIOUX CITY, S.D. (KCAU) — Wednesday night, members of the North Sioux City community gathered to learn more about how the federal disaster relief funding will work.
The meeting took place at city hall, where city officials and the South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development talked to a room of residents about long-term recovery funds.
The state is set to get more than $15 million from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. It comes from the Community Development Block Grant's Disaster Recovery Program.
The funds are for the severe weather that hit South Dakota in 2024.
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Some of the regulations in order to use the money include having at least 70% of the funds go toward projects directly impacting low-and-moderate income persons.
'When you look at this program in totality, I think there are a lot of regulations with it as with all grant money, but we want to try and be able to utilize this money within the regulations but be able to allow our city to leverage other assets,' said North Sioux City City Administrator Jeff Dooley.
State officials say the money can be used for long-term recovery projects.
Residents were able to talk with South Dakota authorities in-person about what the funds would mean for their community.
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'Let's figure out a way to make it so that we all benefit. We want to be here and establish a good relationship to get to know you. We hope you get to know us a little bit, and we understand that this has been a difficult time for you, so we want to try to be good partners as we move forward,' said Governor's Office of Economic Development Deputy Commissioner Joe Fiala.
The South Dakota Governor's Office of Economic Development is working on putting together and finalizing an action plan to be sent to HUD officials.
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