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HomeMy WebLinkAbout~Master - Approving Request from Heartland Senior Services to Modify its FY 2021/22 ASSET Contract to Transfer $23,012 from Activity/Resource Center and $16,912 from Congregate Meals to Home Delivered Meals RESOLUTION NO.22-136 RESOLUTION APPROVING REQUEST FROM HEARTLAND SENIOR SERVICES TO MODIFY ITS FY 2021/22 ASSET CONTRACT TO TRANSFER$23,012 FROM ACTIVITY/RESOURCE CENTER AND$16,912 FROM CONGREGATE MEALS TO HOME DELIVERED MEALS FOR THE CITY OF AMES,IOWA WHEREAS,Heartland Senior Services has submitted a request to the City to modify its FY 2021/22 ASSET allocation by transferring$16,912 from Congregate Meals and$23,012 from Activity and Resource Center to the Home Delivered Meals program; and, WHEREAS,Heartland Senior Services has exhausted its City allocation of funds for Home Delivered Meals due to ongoing ramifications ofthe COVID-19 pandemic that continues to increase program participation; and, WHEREAS, Heartland Senior Services reported that prior to the pandemic,they averaged 125 meal deliveries per day and that number increased during the pandemic to 200 meals per day,and in March 2022 the number increased to 250 meal deliveries per day; and, WHEREAS,Heartland Senior Services re-opened the Activity and Resource Center and the Congregate meal site in July 2021,but needed to close those services again in December 2021 because of the Omicron variant, and it is anticipated that both of those programs will have minimal participation for the remainder of the current fiscal year; and, WHEREAS,if the request to transfer funds to the Home Delivered Meals program is approved,the unit rates of all three Programs will remain unchanged,and the number of units purchased will increase for the Home Delivered Meals program and a reduction will occur for the Congregate Meals and Activity and Resource Center since the remaining amounts would be transferred in their entirety to the Home Delivered Meals program;and, WHEREAS, Heartland Senior Services will not be able to draw down Home Delivered Meal units already provided during this fiscal year,but which have not been paid because City funds have been exhausted since December 2021 in the Home Delivered Meals program. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Ames, Iowa, that the request to modify the City's FY 2021/22 ASSET Contract with Heartland Senior Services by transferring $16,912 from Congregate Meals and$23,012 from Activity and Resource Center to Home Delivered Meals is hereby approved. ADOPTED THIS 22" day of March,2022. Diane R.Voss,City Clerk John aila,Mayo Introduced by: Beatty-Hansen Seconded by: Junck Voting aye: Beatty-Hansen,Betcher,Corrieri,Gartin,Junck,Rollins Voting nay: None Absent: None Resolution declared adopted and signed by the Mayor this 22"d day of March,2022.