Narrative of Resolution:
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INTRODUCED BY PLANNING AND COMMUNITY RESOURCES COMMITTEE TO AUTHORIZE THE COUNTY MANAGER TO SIGN RETIRED SENIOR VOLUNTEER PROGRAM (RSVP) MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING (MOU) AGREEMENTS WITH VOLUNTEER STATIONS TO PLACE RSVP VOLUNTEERS WITH SUCH STATIONs
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If Resolution requires expenditure of County Funds, provide the following information:
Amount to be authorized by Resolution: N/A
Are funds already budgeted? Yes
Specify Compliance with Procurement Procedures:
WHEREAS, the Sullivan County Office for the Aging (“SCOFA”) operates the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (“RSVP”), which is federally funded via the Corporation for National Community Service (“CNCS”); and
WHEREAS, RSVP volunteers are placed at over sixty (60) volunteer stations throughout the County of Sullivan; and
WHEREAS, a volunteer station may be a public agency, a secular or faith-based private non-profit organization or a proprietary health care organization, which accepts responsibility for assignment and supervision of RSVP volunteers; and
WHEREAS, CNCS regulations (45 CFR 2553.23(c)(2)) require that a Memorandum of Understanding (or MOU) be entered into by RSVP sponsoring organization (e.g., the County) with each volunteer station, which MOU is renegotiated at least every three (3) years and which specifies the respective responsibilities of the volunteer station and the sponsoring organization; and
WHEREAS, SCOFA has obtained renewed, signed MOUs from each of the current volunteer stations in the County, and SCOFA may add additional volunteer stations from time to time, each of which would also need to sign MOUs with the County; and
WHEREAS, this resolution is effective for MOU’s signed after January 1, 2025 and effective until 3/31/28; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the County Manager be and is hereby authorized to sign a Memorandum of Understanding agreement with each existing volunteer station and any volunteer stations selected by SCOFA in the future; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that each Memorandum of Understanding agreement be in such form as approved by the Sullivan County Department of Law; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that all commitments and agreements are contingent upon receiving the necessary State and Federal allocations.
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