Proposal

Information

$4,518,908.00  Fund: 141H56540

Type: Deliberation

Department: PHSS - Public Health & Social Services

Directors' Update: TBD

Business Meeting: April 27, 2021

Summary:

Approve Professional Services Contract between Lewis County Public Health & Social Services and The Salvation Army of Lewis County to provide services and/or shelter for people  experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

Publications: none

Cover Letter To: Lt. Gin Pack email: ginifer.pack@usw.salvationarm.org

Additional Copies To: Sandi Andrus, Stacey Loflin, Suzette Smith, Grace Jimenez, Michelle Sauter, Michelle Sabin, Jill Nielson, Lee Wlazlak

Resolution

Wording/In the matter of:

APPROVE PROFESSIONAL SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE SALVATION ARMY FOR SERVICES AND SHELTER FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING OR AT RISK OF HOMELESSNESS

Resolution Number: 21-168

WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) of Lewis County, Washington, has reviewed Professional Services Agreement #T01-0123-21 between Lewis County Public Health & Social Services and The Salvation Army of Lewis County; and

WHEREAS, funding is provided from the Washington State Department of Commerce, through the Department of Treasury unit for the Treasury Rental Assistance Program (TRAP), in the amount of $4,518,908.00 to provide for people in Lewis County who are experiencing or at risk of homelessness; and

WHEREAS, this agreement is effective from March 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021; and

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

NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the professional services agreement between Lewis County and The Salvation Army of Lewis County to provide services and/or shelter for people experiencing or at risk of homelessness in the amount of $4,518,908.00 from March 1, 2021, through December 31, 2021, is hereby approved, and the Director of Public Health & Social Services is authorized to sign the same.

DONE IN OPEN SESSION this 27th day of April, 2021.