Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the reallocation of $31,875 awarded to Briarpatch Youth Services to Bayview Foundation, Inc. for Bayview’s 2018 youth employment program. The 2018 Adopted Operating Budget includes $654,508 for youth employment community agency contracts subject to requests for proposals.
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Reallocation of Youth Employment funds from Briarpatch Youth Services to Bayview Foundation.
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WHEREAS, the Community Development Division (CDD), in consultation with the Community Services Committee, is responsible for formulating recommendations to the Mayor and Common Council regarding the use of City resources budgeted to support a broad array of community services, most of which are delivered through purchase of service contracts with private, non-profit agencies; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with RES-17-00629 (Legistar Item #47999), adopted by the Common Council on August 1, 2017, the CDD undertook a competitive Request for Proposal ( RFP) process to solicit and select proposals from agencies for providing youth- and adult-oriented programming to residents in the City of Madison; and
WHEREAS, in crafting that RFP, CDD staff drew on the recommendations of the FCI study and, gathering input from other funders and collaborative partners, developed a funding framework entitled “Building Human Capital: Youth and Adult Employment Initiative” and introduced important new elements into the RFP funding goals, and;
WHEREAS, in response to the RFP, the CDD received a proposal from Briarpatch Youth Services for Briarpatch Youth Services to serve as fiscal agent for Bayview Youth Employment Program, and;
WHEREAS, Briarpatch received an allocation of $31,875 to support the Bayview Youth Employment program, and;
WHEREAS, As a result of further discussion between Briarpatch, Bayview and CDD staff during the contracting process the agencies are now requesting that the Community Development Division consider a direct contract with the Bayview Foundation, Inc rather than using Briarpatch Youth Services as the fiscal agent; and
WHEREAS, Community Development Division staff currently contract with Bayview Foundation, Inc. and have confidence that the organization can fulfill the duties and requirements required; and
WHEREAS, the Community Development Division recommends the reallocation of $31,875 from Briarpatch as fiscal agent for the Bayview Youth Employment Program to Bayview Foundation, Inc.: Youth Employment Program.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the Common Council approve the recommendations of CDD staff as agreed to by both Briarpatch and Bayview staff to authorize the reallocation of $31,875 in 2018 and beyond from Briarpatch to Bayview Foundation Inc for the Youth Employment Program
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Common Council authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk to enter into contracts with the Bayview Foundation Inc. for their Youth Employment Program to accomplish the purposes described in this resolution, and authorizes those contracts to be renewed annually for up to 4 additional years (consistent with other contracts funded through this process), at the discretion of the CDD, conditioned upon the continued availability of funding and the satisfactory performance of the agencies.