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Ordinance in the Amount of $14,257 Amending State, Federal and Other Grants Fund Budget for the Appropriation of Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging 2018-2019 Senior Center General Purpose Grant
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Department: Parks and Recreation
Council District: 2
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Nasha McCray, 336-433-7360
Contact 2 and Phone: Phil Fleischmann, 336-373-3275
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 $10,693 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 each county's 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 $10,693 for fiscal year 2018-19.
The funds provided will reimburse the City of Greensboro for restoring the center's terrazzo floors, purchasing a new recumbent stepper for the fitness room, purchasing a barcode scanner for the new pickleball complex at the center, and to fund an advertisement in the Ne...
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