City officials are looking to partner with CODE on a nearly $3 million program to rehabilitate currently vacant housing units owned by small-scale landlords.

The City Council’s Housing Committee will meet at 6:30 p.m. in the police training room on the fourth floor of City Hall followed by 7 p.m. meetings of the council’s Finance Committee (mayor’s fourth floor conference room), Public Safety Committee (police training room) and Public Works Committee (Development Department conference room). The whole council will have a work session at 7:30 p.m. in the police training room.

The city Development Department has prepared an application for a state Homes and Community Renewal Department grant totaling $2,913,750 available through the Vacant Rental Improvement Program. The city is partnering with Citizens Opportunity for Development and Equality (CODE Inc.) on a program that will renovate vacant housing units owned by landlords who own no more than 20 units. It’s estimated the city and CODE will be able to renovate 35 total units if it receives the grant.

“The Department of Development has partnered with Citizens Opportunity for Development and Equality (CODE Inc.) on this grant application to share the burden of program management and administration of these funds, while also allowing CODE Inc. to make their vacant units habitable, again,” said Kasie Foulk, deputy director of housing policy and development, in a staff memo included in the City Council packet for Monday’s meeting.

Also on the agenda for Monday’s meeting is a resolution to purchase two new patrol vehicles for the Jamestown Police Department at a total cost of $105,061, which include outfitting the vehicles so they can be used. The vehicles will be paid for through American Rescue Plan Act funding.

Council members will also be asked to approve an $8,556 grant from the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee to participate in the Police Traffic Services Program. The Jamestown Police Department will receive $1,860 for seat belt mobilization enforcement, and $6,696 to use for regular traffic enforcement.

“These funds will be used to conduct traffic enforcement details with the goal to increase seat belt usage and reduce dangerous driving behaviors in an effort to curtail serious injuries and death,” Tim Jackson, city police chief and public safety director, said in a staff memo included in the agenda for Monday’s council meeting.

Public Safety Committee members will discuss a special event application for the Jamestown High School Homecoming Parade, which will be held from 5 to 7 p.m., including set up and tear down. The parade route will begin at Allen Park and continue to Strider Field.