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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Revision to ASSET Policies and Procedures RESOLUTION NO. 19-267 RESOLUTION APPROVING REVISION TO ASSET POLICIES AND PROCEDURES FOR THE CITY OF AMES WHEREAS,each year,the ASSET Administrative Team and ASSET volunteers review the ASSET Policies and Procedures, and changes to the Policies and Procedures are adopted once a majority of the Funders(three of five) approves the revisions; and, WHEREAS,this year,revisions are recommended to the Policies and Procedures to address several issues:reflect the new role of Central Iowa Community Services(CICS)in the ASSET process; eliminating options to provide multiple copies of documents such as the agency audit, and instead requiring such documents to be electronically submitted; emphasizing the need for agencies to collaborate and coordinate their services,and providing a role for the ASSET Administrative Team to report to the funders if that team feels an agency is not making sufficient efforts to coordinate; eliminating the regular reports from Story County Decategorization and Early Childhood Iowa Boards;these reports are presently provided on an as- needed basis,which seems sufficient for the Administrative Team; and, WHEREAS, the majority of CICS funding to agencies is through a fee-for-service model, a recommendation is not needed from ASSET volunteers regarding CICS' funding level for each service, as it is with other funders' allocations; and, WHEREAS,CICS funding will be allocated directly to the agencies in the future,rather than being brought through the ASSET process, and CICS will continue to serve in a coordination role, and will continue to assign volunteers to the ASSET process; and, WHEREAS,removed CICS from the funding process requires a variety of changes to the Policies and Procedures, and two ASSET agencies only receive ASSET funds from CICS, those agencies will no longer be required to go through ASSET for funding; and, WHEREAS, the ASSET board, comprised of ASSET staff and volunteers, has recommended approval of these changes. NOW, THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames,Iowa,that the aforementioned revision to the ASSET Policies and Procedures is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 28ffi day of May, 2019. Diane R.Voss, City Clerk John A. Haila,Mayor Introduced by: Betcher Seconded by: Gartin Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen,Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin,Martin,Nelson Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 28t'day of May, 2019.