Fiscal Note
This Resolution authorizes for contracting of $25,000 of funds previously approved under a Year 3 Weed and Seed grant (funds are deposited into a segregated fund SG58-54920-133200-00-0000000-05WS0287 and used to offset all associated expenses). There is no net impact on cost controls or levy.
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Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk, through the Office of Community Services, to enter into a Purchase of Services Contract with the Urban League of Greater Madison for a truancy prevention program.
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WHEREAS Madison has neighborhoods where crime rates (including youth truancy) and the number of residents living in poverty are higher than the citywide average and those same neighborhoods lack comprehensive plans and resources to address their special issues; and
WHEREAS in 2000, City officials and staff determined that the three neighborhoods in greatest need of additional resources were the Allied Drive, Broadway Lake Point, and South Madison neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS in 2000, staff from the Office of Community Services and Madison Police Department conducted forums with residents of the three neighborhoods to gather input and feedback on a plan for additional resources; and
WHEREAS in 2000, the City of Madison applied for and was awarded Official Recognition as a Weed and Seed site through the United States Community Capacity Development Office; and
WHEREAS the City of Madison is currently implementing the Year 3 Weed and Seed grant and the Official Recognition strategy developed in 2000 and updated in 2005; and
WHEREAS on September 1, 2005 the United States Community Capacity Development Office awarded Year 3 Weed and Seed funding to the City of Madison for the period of October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006 in the amount of $225,000; and
WHEREAS this grant award included an allocation of $25,000 for Truancy Prevention programming; and
WHEREAS the Year 3 Weed and Seed grant award was approved by the Common Counci...
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