Fiscal Note
No appropriation required. No impact on cost controls or levy.
Title
Adopting statements of Program Area Goals and Funding Priorities, and Program Review Criteria, to be used by the Community Services Commission, Early Childhood Care and Education Board and Senior Citizens Advisory Committee for the 2007-2008 Community Resources Program budget review process.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 3.185, Madison General Ordinances, the Community Services Commission is responsible for making recommendations to the Mayor and Common Council regarding the budget for human services to be purchased by the City from private, non-profit agencies; and
WHEREAS, the Commission is responsible for involving citizens in addressing human services needs, using the Joint Community Assessment for Health and Human Services, and coordinating closely with other governmental and voluntary sector agencies involved with the funding and delivery of human services; and
WHEREAS, the Commission, working in close coordination with the Early Childhood Care and Education Board and the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee, is responsible for preparing program area goals and funding priorities for review by the Mayor and Common Council; and
WHEREAS, the Common Council, pursuant to Resolution Number 55052, adopted a mission statement for the City's Community Resources Program; and
WHEREAS, the Commission, with the approval of the Mayor and Common Council, makes recommendations for a two-year purchase of service process; and
WHEREAS, the Commission, its subcommittees and staff have completed a review of the 2005-2006 Program Area Goals, Funding Priorities and review criteria; reviewed recent Community Assessments for Health and Human Services Planning in Dane County; and invited input from the public, the Mayor, members of the Common Council, community agencies and other governmental and private funding bodies, for 2007-2008;
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council approves adoption of the attached statements of Program Area Goals, Funding Priorities, and Program Review Criteria to be used by the Community Services Commission, the Early Childhood Care and Education Board and the Senior Citizens Advisory Committee in making purchase of service recommendations for the 2007-2008 Community Resources Program budget to be submitted to the Mayor.