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Ordinance in the Amount of $14,099 Amending State, Federal and Other Grants Fund Budget for the Appropriation of Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging 2019-2020 Senior Center General Purpose Grant
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Department: Parks and Recreation
Council District: 2
Council Priority: Ensure Fiscal Stewardship, Transparency, & Accountability
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Nasha McCray, 336-433-7360
Contact 2 and Phone: Charles Jackson, 336-373-7619
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 $10,574 to support active adult 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 active adults 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 older adults. The agency has agreed to reimburse the Greensboro Parks and Recreation Department for expenses occurred with providing improved service for active adults up to a maximum of $10,574 for fiscal year 2019-20.
The funds provided will reimburse the City of Greensboro for purchasing an automatic chlorinator and automatic vacuum for the center’s pool; purchasing a replacement elliptical machine for the center’s fitness room; replacing exterior signage on and around the center to reflect the new name; and continuing advertisements in Four Seasons Mall and on pharmacy bags at area Harris Teeter stores.
BUDGET IMPACT:
This requested action will have no adverse impact on the City of Greensboro budget. Without the grant funds, the Greensboro budget would be responsible for all expenses that this grant supplements. Grant funds awarded were anticipated during the budget process due to Smith Active Adult Center being certified as a Senior Center of Excellence by the State of North Carolina. The total grant project is $14,099 which includes an award of $10,574 from the Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging and a 25% match of $3,525 which the Parks and Recreation Department has available within account #101-5046-01.
RECOMMENDATION / ACTION REQUESTED:
It is recommended that the City Council adopt the attached budget ordinance establishing funding in the amount of $14,099 for the reimbursement grant from the Piedmont Triad Regional Council Area Agency on Aging FY 19-20 Senior Center General Purpose Grant.