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Ordinance in the Amount of $5,191 Amending State, Federal and Other Grants Fund Budget for the Appropriation of Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging Senior Center General Purpose Grant
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Department: Parks and Recreation
Council District: All
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Phil Fleischmann, 373-3275
Contact 2 and Phone: Wade Walcutt, 373-2964
PURPOSE:
The Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department has received a reimbursement grant from the Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging, in the amount of $3,893 to support senior programming. To accept this reimbursement grant, a budget amendment is requested from Greensboro City Council in accordance with current city fiscal procedures.
BACKGROUND:
The Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department has entered into an agreement with the Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging to provide and enhance services for the senior residents within the City of Greensboro. The Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging is responsible for planning, developing, implementing, and coordinating aging services for seven counties in the Piedmont Triad (Alamance, Caswell, Davidson, Guilford, Montgomery, Randolph, and Rockingham) and their 171,268 residents age 60 and older. The agency is organized to identify and support State area agencies who qualify for funding through the Federal Older American's Act (OAA) and provides services to the elderly. The agency has agreed to reimburse the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department for expenses occurred with providing improved service for senior citizens up to a maximum of $3,893 for fiscal year 2014-15.
The funds provided will reimburse the City of Greensboro for printing Greater Greensboro Senior Games registration forms and to increase marketing for the program.
BUDGET IMPACT:
This requested action will have no adverse impact on the City of Greensboro budget. ...
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