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:
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Associated Information: Resolve
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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