Proposal

Information

The original budget for this contract was $1,099,519, and the addition of $342,895.64 for the Housing & Essential Needs portion of this work in Amendment A brings the total consideration to $1,442,414.00.

Type: Deliberation

Department: PHSS - Public Health & Social Services

Directors' Update: TBD

Business Meeting: Aug. 30, 2022

Summary:

This contract is between Lewis County Public Health & Social Services and Housing Resource Center to provide case management and ongoing rental assistance to families who are literally and chronically experiencing homelessness in Lewis County, as well as amend the Housing & Essential Needs (HEN) budget to include July 1, 2022, through October 31, 2022

Publications:

Cover Letter To: Ruth Gutierrez, Director rgutierrez@hrclewiscounty.com

Additional Copies To: Justia Madrigal Bryan Hall

Resolution

Wording/In the matter of:

APPROVE AMENDMENT A IN THE AMOUNT OF $342,895.64 TO CONTRACT H02-0141-21 BETWEEN HOUSING RESOURCE CENTER AND LEWIS COUNTY PUBLIC HEALTH AND SOCIAL SERVICES

Resolution Number: 22-279

WHEREAS, the Lewis County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) has reviewed Amendment H02-0141-21A with Housing Resource Center to provide case management and ongoing rental assistance to families who are literally and chronically experiencing homelessness in Lewis County, as well amend the Housing & Essential Needs (HEN) budget to include the dates of July 1, 2022, though October 31, 2022; and

WHEREAS, these services are an effort to provide permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless families in which the head of household has a permanent disability; and

WHEREAS, the duration covered by this Amendment A is March 1, 2022, through October 31, 2022, for the Permanent Supportive Housing Chronically Homeless Families portion of the contract, and July 1, 2022, through October 31, 2022, for the HEN portion of the contract; and

WHEREAS, this amendment adds funding totaling $342,895.64, increasing the total contract amount to $1,442,414.00; and

WHEREAS, it appears to be in the best public interest to authorize execution of said amendment.

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that Amendment H02-0141-21A between Lewis County and Housing Resource Center to provide case management and ongoing rental assistance to families who are literally and chronically experiencing homelessness in Lewis County, as well as amend the Housing & Essential Needs (HEN) budget to include the 2022-2023FY from July 1, 2021, to October 31, 2022, is hereby approved, and the Interim Director of Public Health and Social Services is authorized to sign the same.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 30th day of August, 2022.