Fiscal Note
This Resolution reallocates $44,500 in funds previously approved within the City's 2013 Operating Budget. Specifically, $21,606 was previously approved as part of Miscellaneous Appropriations and $22,894 was previously approved as part of the CD Division's budget. No additional funds are being requested, and there is no impact on the City levy.
$31,606 was originally approved in the City's 2013 Operating Budget for a "County-Run Day Shelter" as part of Miscellaneous Appropriations. In February 2013, $10,000 of this figure was reallocated to CDD for Community Agency Contracts (54920), leaving an available balance of $21,606.
$ 31,606 Misc Appropriations / County-Run Day Shelter GN01-54279-971000
(10,000) CDD Salvation Army, RES-13-00124 (2/26/13 # 29019) GN01-54920-271000
$ 21,606 remains unspent (Misc Appropriations / Day Shelter) GN01-54279-971000
$72,000 was originally approved in the CD Division's 2013 Operating Budget for "Professional Lease" expenditures (54902). In August 2013, $40,000 of this figure was reallocated to the Economic Development Division, and another $30,000 was reallocated within the CD Division's budget for Community Agency Contracts (54920), leaving an available balance of $2,000.
$ 72,000 CDD Professional Lease GN01-54902-270000
(10,000) EDD Advertising , RES-13-00595 (8/9/13 # 30953) GN01-54910-294000
(30,000) EDD Consulting Srvcs, RES-13-00595 (8/9/13 # 30953) GN01-54950-294000
(30,000) CDD DAIS/LEAP, RES-13-00640 (8/9/13 # 31060) GN01-54920-273100
$ 2,000 remains unspent (CDD Professional Lease) GN01-54902-270000
In February 2013, TJ's Support Brokerage Firm, Inc. submitted a letter to CDD, formally refusing the $10,000 previously approved for its 2013 VITA/Tax Service contract. In September 2013, DAIS informed CDD that it will only use $19,220 of the $30,000 originally approved for its use in August. Also in September 2013, The Salvation Army informed CDD that it will only use $9,886 of the $10,000 originally approved for its use in February, resulting in an aggregate projected unutilized figure of $20,894 in the Community Agency Contracts line item of CDD's budget.
$ 10,000 CDD TJ's VITA/Tax Service, 2/6/13 refusal letter GN01-54920-273100
10,780 CDD DAIS/LEAP, will only use $19,220 of orig $30K GN01-54920-273100
114 CDD Salvation Army, will only use $9,886 of orig $10K GN01-54920-271000
$ 20,894 remains available (CDD Community Agency Contracts) GN01-54920-27**00
This Resolution reallocates the available funds described above to CDD's Community Agency Contracts line item, as detailed below:
$(21,606) Misc Appropriations / County-Run Day Shelter GN01-54279-971000
(2,000) CDD Professional Lease GN01-54902-270000
(20,780) CDD Community Agency Contracts GN01-54920-273100
(114) CDD Community Agency Contracts GN01-54920-271000
$(44,500)
$ 44,500 CDD Community Agency Contracts GN01-54920-271000
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Approving the reallocation of up to $44,500 in previously approved but unutilized 2013 Operating Budget funds to fund five proposals received during the 2013 Emerging Opportunities Program funding process, and authorizing the Mayor and the City Clerk to enter into agreements with the associated agencies to implement the designated projects.
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As part of the Community Development Division's 2013 Emerging Opportunities Program (EOP) funding process, 69 proposals - which included over $2.1 million in total funding requests - were received and subsequently evaluated by the joint Conference Committee (comprised of sitting members of current CDD-staffed Committees), in order to arrive at recommended allocations for the $200,000 in total EOP funds available.
In all, a total of thirteen EOP proposals were funded, totaling $200,000. (Specific funding recommendations are detailed as part of a separate Resolution. See Legistar #31741.) However, in response to the overwhelming need demonstrated by the large number of EOP applications received, and in order to "stretch" the available $200,000 in Emerging Opportunities Program funds to assist as many worthy proposals as possible, the Conference Committee at its 9/24/13 meeting endorsed the following strategy to fund additional EOP proposals, by using up to $44,500 in previously approved 2013 Operating Budget funds that will not be utilized during 2013.
WHEREAS, $21,606 remains unspent of the original $31,606 approved under Miscellaneous Appropriations ("County-Run Day Shelter") as part of the City's adopted 2013 Operating Budget; and,
WHEREAS, $2,000 remains unspent of the original $72,000 approved for "Professional Lease" expenditures as part of the Community Development Division's adopted 2013 Operating Budget; and,
WHEREAS, $20,894 in funds previously approved for Community Agency Contracts as part of the CD Division's 2013 Operating Budget are projected to remain unspent during 2013, for an aggregate available total of $44,500 in unutilized funds approved for use during 2013; and,
WHEREAS, in addition to the 13 proposals recommended for Emerging Opportunities Program funding under a separate Resolution, the joint Conference Committee has also identified another five EOP proposals that the Committee highly recommends be funded; and,
WHEREAS, the availability of up to $44,500 in unutilized 2013 funds is sufficient to cover the Committee's recommended program funding allocations for those 5 EOP proposals, as specified below:
Kennedy Heights Community Center: up to $12,500 to provide summer programming for elementary school-age children.
Mellowhood Foundation: up to an additional $2,500 for its efforts to increase family involvement and improve children's educational opportunities in the Meadowood neighborhood.
Porchlight, Inc.: up to $7,000 to provide case management services to area homeless individuals at the Drop-In Shelter and MPL's Central Library.
Shine608, Inc.: up to $15,000 to provide case management services to area homeless individuals at MPL's Central Library.
Vera Court Community Center & Latino Children and Families Council: up to $7,500 to provide prevention educational programs for recent Latino immigrants.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council approves the reallocation of up to $44,500 in previously approved but unutilized 2013 Operating Budget funds to provide funding for the programs and in the amounts detailed above, as recommended by the Conference Committee; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor and the City Clerk are authorized to execute agreements with the above listed agencies (or their fiscal agents) for the described activities.