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Commission Agenda Item

MEETING DATE: 4/22/2019

SUBJECT: Alachua Cares Program Memorandum of Understanding with St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, Inc.

PREPARED BY: Robert A. Bonetti, Finance & Administrative Services Director

RECOMMENDED ACTION:

(1) Appoint St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, Inc. as the Administrator of the Alachua Cares Program.

(2) Authorize the City Manager to sign the Memorandum of Understanding between City of Alachua and St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, Inc.

Summary

The City of Alachua established the Alachua Cares Program on October 11, 2010, to provide emergency financial assistance to City of Alachua utility customers. Updated guidelines were adopted by the City Commission on April 8, 2019, that provide for the issuance of vouchers by an administrator.

The Alachua Cares Program has been without an administrator since June of 2017. The administrator must be selected by the City Commission in accordance to Chapter 38-69 of the City of Alachua Code of Ordinances.

Staff is pleased to present for consideration to the City Commission an administrator. St. Matthew Missionary Baptist Church, led by Apostle Adrian Weeks, has stepped up to aid the members of the community that it has served for 140 years. A Memorandum of Understanding to effectuate the administrator status is provided for consideration.


FINANCIAL IMPACT: No


BUDGETED: No


AMOUNT: N / A


COMMISSION GOALS: Strengthen Community Services

ATTACHMENTS:
	Description
	Alachua Cares (MOU)
	SIGNED