Fiscal Note
Revenues and expenditures are included in the Adopted 2007 Operating Budget. There is no impact on cost controls or the tax levy.
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Authorizing the Madison Department of Public Health to accept up to $518,000 from the Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Division of Public Health for the Women, Infants, and Children Nutrition Program (WIC) for the period January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007 and authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign for the City.
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WHEREAS the City of Madison Department of Public Health has conducted a Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) since 1981, and
WHEREAS the City and County WIC programs are co-locating in March 2007 and will be fully merged in January 2008, and
WHEREAS, the WIC program is highly effective in improving the health and nutritional status of women (pregnant, breastfeeding, and post-partum), infants, and children who are eligible for the program based on income and risk factors;
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Madison Department of Public Health is authorized to accept up to $518,000 to be used for wages, benefits, and non-personnel expenses of the WIC program and the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to sign a contract on behalf of the City.