DEPARTMENT: Social Services-Housing & Community Resources
FILE TYPE: Consent Action
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Authorization To Execute Contracts With Guild For Rental Assistance And Housing Stability Services
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RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Dakota County receives a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Continuum of Care Rapid Re-Housing (CoC RRH) grant; and
WHEREAS, HUD CoC RRH funds are secured annually through a competitive grant process that runs from June 1 through May 31 of each year and the grant serves 48 family households at a time with rental assistance and services; and
WHEREAS, the total grant amount is $659,500 for the period, June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025, and must be spent within each grant period; and
WHEREAS, case management funds are provided using Dakota County levy funds or eligible housing aid grant funds in the amount of $489,000 annually; and
WHEREAS, by Resolution No. 23-217 (May 23, 2023), the Dakota County Board of Commissioners authorized execution of a contract with Guild for CoC RRH services.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Community Services Director to execute a contract for continuum of care rapid re-housing services with Guild for a contract amount not to exceed $659,500 for the period of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025, utilizing U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Continuum of Care Rapid Re-Housing funds, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Dakota County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes the Community Services Director to execute a contract for housing stability services with Guild for a contract amount not to exceed $489,000 for the period of June 1, 2024 through May 31, 2025, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the Community Services Director is hereby authorized to amend said contracts, consistent with the amount budgeted, to alter the contracts amount and the contracts term up to one year after initial expiration date, consistent with County contracting policies, subject to approval by the County Attorney’s Office as to form; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the contracts shall contain a provision that allows the County to immediately terminate the contracts in the event sufficient funds from county, state, or federal sources are not appropriated at a level sufficient to allow payment of the amounts due.
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