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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2016-09-12 16-343 RESOLVECOUNCIL ACTION Item No. 16-343 Date: September 12, 2016 Item/Subject: RESOLVE, Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate Grant Funds from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services — WIC Nutrition Program. Responsible Department: Public Health and Community Services Commentary: This resolve will accept and appropriate $2,651,712.20 in grant funds for the Women, Infants, and Children Supplemental Nutrition Program (WIC). The Public Health and Community Service WIC Nutrition Program currently services a monthly average of 3,000 participants at their Bangor, Dexter, Dover, Corinth, Lincoln, Millinocket, Milo, Newport, and Greenville sites. The proposed agreement provides $550,703.00 for administration, $2,000.00 in Farmer's Market Administration, $25,624.00 in WIC Breastfeeding Peer Counseling, and $2,073,385.20 for food vouchers. The grant covers the period from October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017. This was reviewed and recommended for approval at the September 7, 2016 Government Operations Committee meeting. Department Head Manager's Comments: ask 12� City A'a-d"ager Associated Information: Resolve Budget Approval: zbde��� finance Director Legal Approval: ity tolicitor Introduced for Passage X First Reading Page _ of _ Referral 16-343 SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 Assigned to Councilor Plourde CITY OF BANGOR (TITLE.) Resolve, Authorizing the City Manager to Accept and Appropriate a Grant from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services — WIC Nutrition Program. BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BANGOR: BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Manager is hereby authorized to accept and appropriate $2,651,712.20 from the Maine Department of Health and Human Services to administer the WIC Nutrition Program in Penobscot and Piscataquis counties during the period 10/01/16 — 9/30/17. IN CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 12, 2016 CR 16-343 FIRST READING CITY CLERK IN CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 26, 2016 CR 16-343 MOTION MADE AND SECONDED FOR PASSAGE PA SED CITY CLERK