Project Concern Agree amendmentCITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
MEMORANDUM
February 28, 2001
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Amendment to Purchase of Services Agreement - Project Concern, Inc.
Acting Community & Economic Development Director Pam Myhre is recommending approval
of an amendment to the Purchase of Services Agreement with Project Concern, Inc.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council approval.
MCVM/jh
Attachment
cc: Barry Lindahl, Corporation Counsel
Pam Myhre, Acting Community & Economic Development Director
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
MEMORANDUM
February 28, 2001
TO:
FROM:
SUBJECT:
Michael Van Milligen, City Manager
Pamela Myhre, Acting Comm~tor
Amendment to Purchase of S~viees Agreement- Project Concern, Inc.
INTRODUCTION
The purpose of this memorandum is to request approval of an amendment to the Purchase of
Service Agreement with Project Concern, Inc.
BACKGROUND
In April 2000, the City Council approved the execution of a contract with Project Concern, Inc.
to help provide information and referral services and child care resource and referral services to
low and moderate income residents of the City of Dubuque. This agreement covers the provision
of services for the current fiscal year.
The City Council approved an amendment to the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
FY 2001 Annual Action Plan on December 4, 2000. As part of the amendmc~nt, Project Concern
was awarded additional funding of up to $3,700 for the preparation, publication and distribution
ora downtown resource guide. The guide will provide information to low and moderate income
persons on services available in the downtown community and will be distributed to eligible
governmental and non-profit entities free of charge. This resource guide has been funded in the
past through the neighborhood grants.
RECOMMENDATIONS
I recommend that the City Council approve the attached amendment to the Project Concern, Inc.
Purchase of Service Agreement. The amendment will provide for payment to Project Concern,
Inc. in the amount of $26,866 for the Information and Referral Program. The original agreement
also provides for $8,163 for the Child Care Resource and Referral Program.
ACTION STEP
The action step for the City Council is to approve the attached amendment and authorize the
Mayor and City Clerk to sign on behalf of the City.
Prepared by Aggie Kramer, Community Development Specialist
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
AND
PROJECT CONCERN, INC.
PURCHASE OF SERVICES AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT
This Amendment to the Purchase of Services Agreement dated the 1 st day of July, 2000
is entered into by and between the City of Dubuque, Iowa, a municipal corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Iowa (hereinafter referred to as "Recipient") and Project
Concern Inc., with its principal place of business in Dubuque, Iowa (hereinafter referred as the
"Subrecipient")
WITNESSETH:
Whereas, the Recipient awarded Subrecipient $23,166 in Community Development
Block Grant (CDBG) funds for Information and Referral Services and $8,163 for Child Care
Resource and Referral Services for the Fiscal Year beginning July 1, 2000 and ending June
30,2001; and
Whereas, the Recipient has approved the request to amend said Agreement by providing
up to $3,700 in additional funding for preparation, publication and distribution of a downtown
resource guide by Information and Referral.
Whereas, the Recipient has approved an amendment to the Community Development
Block Grant FY 2001 Annual Action Plan on December 4, 2000 providing for the downtown
resource guide funding.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the terms of the mutual agreements hereinafter
set forth, the parties agree as follows;
1. That Section I. SCOPE OF SERVICES/CONTRACT TERMS, A. Informational
and Referral is hereby amended to add the following:
"10. To prepare, publish and distribute a downtown resource guide to inform low and
moderate income persons on services available in the downtown community."
2. That the total cost of the services/contract for Informational and Referral will not
exceed $26,866.
3. All other terms and conditions of the Purchase of Service Agreement shall remain
in full force and effect.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendraent to the Purchase
of Service Agreement as of the __ day of March, 2001.
WITNESSED:
~e/anne F. Schneider, City Clerk
CITY OF DUBUQUE, IOWA
dohn [t. ~4arkham, ~4ayor ?ro-Tem
PROJECT CONCERN, INC.
Stephen Jacobs, Executive Director