HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Modifying FY2020/21 ASSET Contract with Heartland Senior Services Due to COVID-19 RESOLUTION NO. 21-027
RESOLUTION MODIFYING FY 2020/21 ASSET CONTRACT
WITH HEARTLAND SENIOR SERVICES DUE TO COVID-19
FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA
WHEREAS,Heartland Senior Services(HSS)is requesting the City modify its FY 2020/21
ASSET contract allocation by redirecting $25,134 from Congregate Meals to Home Delivered
Meals; and,
WHEREAS,Heartland Senior Services closed the Congregate Meals site in Ames last March
due to the COVID-19 pandemic and doesn't anticipate reopening until Fall 2021; and,
WHEREAS, in the meantime, Heartland Senior Services has seen a 60%increase in meals
per day going from 125 meals to 200 meals; and,
WHEREAS, many of the clients who typically attended the Congregate Meal site opted to
receive Home Delivered Meals in order to maintain health and safety,yet still meet their nutritional
needs; and,
WHEREAS, Heartland Senior Services has exhausted its FY 2020/21 City allocation for
Home Delivered Meals.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa,
that the request to modify the City's FY 2020/21 ASSET allocation by redirecting $25,134 from
Congregate Meals to Home Delivered Meals is hereby approved.
ADOPTED THIS 26`'' day of January, 2021.
Diane R. Voss, City Clerk John A. Haila, Mayor
Introduced by: Gartin
Seconded by: Corrieri
Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen, Betcher, Corrieri, Gartin, Junck, Martin
Voting nay: None Absent: None
Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 26t' day of January, 2021.