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Home My WebLink About20101166.tiff RESOLUTION RE: ACCEPT TRANSFER OF $50,000 OF TEMPORARY ASSISTANCE FOR NEEDY FAMILIES (TANF) RESERVES AND AUTHORIZE CHAIR TO SIGN ANY NECESSARY DOCUMENTS — LA PLATA COUNTY WHEREAS, the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, pursuant to Colorado statute and the Weld County Home Rule Charter, is vested with the authority of administering the affairs of Weld County, Colorado, and WHEREAS, on June 15, 2010, the Board of County Commissioners of La Plata County approved a Resolution that authorized the transfer of $50,000 from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Reserves to Weld County, a copy of which is attached hereto, and WHEREAS, Weld County is in need of such funds, and WHEREAS, La Plata County is authorized by Colorado law and regulations to transfer monies from its Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Reserves to another county, and WHEREAS, after review, the Board deems it advisable to accept the transfer of $50,000 of TANF Reserves from La Plata County, effective June 15, 2010. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of County Commissioners of Weld County, Colorado, that the transfer of$50,000 of La Plata County's Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Reserves to Weld County be, and hereby is, approved, effective June 15, 2010. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the Board that the Chair be, and hereby is, authorized to sign any necessary documents to effectuate the transfer. LaPia4a lht� cc, �S 2010-1166 te a-3—w BC0041 ACCEPT TRANSFER OF TANF RESERVES - LA PLATA COUNTY PAGE 2 The above and foregoing Resolution was, on motion duly made and seconded, adopted by the following vote on the 7th day of June, A.D., 2010. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS WELD COUCOLORADO ATTEST: v., ,aa`c;�TISI1e rt_�/10.c la adema er, Chair Weld County Clerk to th r ?. -9 Barbara Kirk eyer, P o-Tem BY: �- Deputy Clerl o the Boar • Sean P way APP A M: arcia ounty Attorney David E. Long Date of signature: �lU 2010-1166 BC0041 ♦ ,... _. r >.«. A^+Ei..9� .. o'aPs"�'- �� x"E' r§.".S£YY4 .e,g+�:x1�P + r,n LA PLATA COUNTY ;3 , 'it - 1 A It 32 KELLIE C. HOTTER • JOELLE RIDDLE • WALLACE"WALLY"WHITE • COMMISSIONERS PHONE 970.382.6219 • FAX 970.382.6299 • TDD 970.382.6218 May 27, 2010 Chair of the Works Allocation Committee 800 Grant Street, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80203 RE: TANF Transfer Dear Chair of the Works Allocation Committee: With the reduction in the reserve amount to 55%, La Plata County Department of Human Services is projecting to be under spent in its TANF allocation by $108,000. La Plata County Board of County Commissioners is requesting this money be transferred to the following counties: • Montrose County $50,000 • Weld County $50,000 The director of Human Services has been in contact with both counties and they are in agreement with this transfer. Attached please find a letter from the Board of County Commissioners of each county agreeing to be responsible for the MOE. If you have any questions, please call our Human Services Director, Lezlie Mayer 970-382-6128. Thank you for your consideration of this request. Sincerely, get. Wallace"Wally" White Chair CC: Peg Mewes, Director, Montrose County Health and Human Services Judy Griego, Director, Weld County Department of Human Services Weld County Board of County Commissioners Montrose County Board of County Commissioners Attachments: Weld County Request Letter Montrose County Request Letter 2010-1166 1060 E. 2ND AVE. • DURANGO, CO 8 130 1 MAR 15 2010 6 COMMISSIONER OFFICE OF BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS PHONE: 970-336-7204 FAX: 970-352-0242 ' 915 10TH STREET P.O. BOX 758 C. GREELEY, COLORADO 80632 il COLORADO March 9,2010 RECEIVED Board of Commissioners La Plata County MR 1 6 2010 1060 E. 2n°Avenue Durango CO 81301-5157 Ml Dear Board of Commissioners: As you are aware, with the passage of Senate Bill 08-177,caps have been placed on the amount of TANF Reserve counties are able to carry over to the next fiscal year. Many counties like yours are at risk of having a portion of your TANF reserve revert to the State Long Term Reserve. Your county will not receive any compensation for the MOE spent in prior years to receive TANF funds now in your county TANF Reserve. Since Weld County does not have excess TANF reserves that will be capped,one way your county can recapture MOE would be by"selling"some of the excess TANF reserves to Weld County. It is our understanding your county has$230,000 in excess TANF Reserves that you may be compelled to revert to the State Long Term Reserve under SB 08-177. Weld County is willing to purchase your excess TANF Reserve amount for an amount equal to what you spent in local MOE dollars to get them. If your county has any interest in receiving some of its county funds back by selling your excess TANF Reserves to Weld County, please contact Lennie Bottorff,Weld County Human Services Fiscal and Budget Manager, at 970-352-1551,extension 6537. Thank you for your consideration. Very truly yours, / c5frisjgcteenasic ou as Rad e nacher,Chair a Kirkmeye , Pro Tem Sean P. onw David E. Long William F. Garcia c" Judy Griego sc �n Lennie Bottorff ow J a J o =' ~-J W W J 9 : 7s Pi CZ E: > ZZwOQ x it L`.I s ZZ to O] fii UJ a4U L ❑ CJUDD[JU JO_^:;; RECEIVED .n ._ tr. APR 14 7010 MONTROSE COUNTY COMMISSIONER COLORADO BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS April 5,2010 Board of County Commissioners LaPlata County 1060 East 2nd Avenue Durango CO 81302 RE: TANF Reserve Due to the immediate and ongoing reduction in TANF Reserve throughout the State, many Counties have experienced the difficulty of providing services for the residents in those areas. Montrose County is one of those and is in the process of no longer providing child care to the 185%of poverty(waiting list established), is experiencing 70%reduction of outside services to child welfare families,who observes vacancy savings as staff leave and is experiencing a 78%increase in SNAP caseload. As a result of increasing caseloads and the ongoing reduction in other services, Montrose County Health& Human Services still finds itself in need of requesting assistance in purchasing TANF reserve from other counties. Through communications,we understand that LaPlata County may have some funds available for purchase at the 20%MOE match. Montrose County is very interested in purchasing said funds if they should become available. Additional information can be provided if you require. If you have questions, you may contact Peg Mewes, Director of Montrose Health & Human Services at 970-252-5000. Si ely, rUTE TO: C' €DOLE cipTTER (!te ITE Ronald D. a son NAU Chairman ❑SPINA E DIONALL M1YER-rAWLIK /pdsn E JACOBSON E SANDOtiAL Copy: Peg Mewes, Director/ Health & Human Services f EC TURN TO GENTRAL PH ES CC "Thc1-el.glety -t 161 South Townsend Avenue • Montrose , CO 81401 ` 'LS Phone 970 . 249 . 1155 • FAX 910 . 249 . 1161 i(a Esther Gesick From: Bruce Barker Sent: Friday, June 04, 2010 10:39 AM To: Lennie L. Bottorff; Esther Gesick Cc: Judy Griego Subject: Re: Acceptance of TANF funds Yes . We have an acceptance reso on the agenda for Monday that I will modify this afternoon for an acceptance, but make it conditioned upon getting the reso from LaPlata on June 15 . Original Message From : Lennie L . Bottorff To : Esther Gesick; Bruce Barker Cc : Judy Griego Sent : Fri Jun 04 10 : 35 : 21 2010 Subject : RE : Acceptance of TANF funds Esther and Bruce, We ' ve received a letter from the La Plata County Commissioners , authorizing the transfer . The Resolution is more of a formality . The State ' s deadline for submitting requests for transfer is June 17 . At that point, the request must have gone through Gini Pingenot at CCI , through the Works Allocation Committee , through the CDHS Colorado Works Division , and arrive at CDHS Accounting . So, we need to move on this as quickly as we can . Did you receive a copy of the letter, dated May 27 ? - Lennie Original Message From : Esther Gesick Sent : Friday, June 04, 2010 10 : 31 AM To : Bruce Barker Cc : Lennie L . Bottorff; Judy Griego Subject : Acceptance of TANF funds Bruce , I need some clarification on the Resolution that was drafted to accept the TANF funds from La Plata County ( attached ) . The first paragraph raised a red flag because it indicated La Plata wasn ' t even approving their Resolution until Monday , so I wondered why not wait until Wednesday to do the acceptance , but when I called La Plata County Commissioners , their assistant indicated it will not be on their Agenda until June 15 and we will not have a Resolution to attached until the following week at the earliest , nor will the funds be transferred until that time . Is this Resolution premature ? Technically we can still list it on Monday , but it will just have to sit here until we have a La Plata Resolution to finalize the paperwork . Esther E . Gesick Deputy Clerk to the Board 1 Weld County , Colorado 915 10th Street Greeley, CO 80631 (970 ) 336 - 7215 X4226 ( 970 ) 352 - 0242 (fax ) 2 Esther Gesick From: Lezlie Mayer [MAYERLE@co. laplata.co. us] Sent: Wednesday, June 3O, 2O10 5:03 PM To: Esther Gesick Subject: Fwd: Agenda item again Attachments: Untitled. PDF Hi Esther, Attached is an executed copy of the agenda item signed by the chair. You have a copy of the letter I wrote as the supporting documentation. If you need anything else, please call me. Lezlie Lezlie Mayer Director La Plata County Department of Human Services 1O6O East 2nd Ave. Durango, CO 81301 970-382-6128 970-247-22O8 Fax mayerle@co.laplata.co.us ,27©/6 -- 1166 1 ❑ Announcement!Proclamation # x Consent # ❑ Special Presentation # ❑ Decision # ® Report # ❑ Public Hearing # AGENDA ITEM SUBMISSION FORM LA PLATA COUNTY BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS Requesting Department: Human Services Date of Board Meeting: 6/15/10 ❑ PowerPoint Staff Resource: Lezlie Mayer Presentation Time: 5 minutes ❑ post with Subject: Approval of the ratification of the Discussion Time: 5 minutes agenda item on TANF Transfer Letter LPC web site Reviewed by County Attorney? ❑ Yes Attorney: xN/A Reviewed by Finance Director? I7'] Yes ❑ Not applicable (No fiscal impact) Department Head Approval County Mgr./Asst. Mgr, Approvala_aett:t,, Background: On April 28, 2010 at the Board Discussion Time meeting, I presented to the board a financial report on the Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) allocation. At that time we were projecting there would be an under expenditure of the allocation due to the reduction in the reserve cap. The board supported the concept of first attempting to contract with our TANF partners and secondly supported the transfer of any unexpended allocation to other counties that have over spent their allocation. We had requests from two counties, Montrose and Weld, for any unspent TANF dollars. At this time the department has followed the Board's recommendation and is projecting to be under spent in this allocation by 108,000. Because the close of the state fiscal year is June 30, 2010, it was necessary to begin the transfer process by submitting a letter signed by the Board Chair approving the transfer of $50,000 to Montrose County and $50,000 to Weld County for approval by the Works Allocation Committee. Fiscal Impact: The County will be reimbursed the county share of the 108,000 from the two counties receiving this funding. Strategic Plan Core Strategy Nexus: Thriving Families and Healthy Communities and Organizational Excellence Recommended Action: Ratify the letter to the Works Allocation Committee requesting the transfer of TANF funds in the amount of $50,000 to Montrose County and $50,000 to Weld County with signature authority for the chair. Vae, APPROVED: Wallace Maly White, Chair INSTRUCTIONS TO THE CLERK No. of originals to be signed: One List supporting documents: Letter to Works Allocation Committee, Letter from Weld County requesting a transfer of TANF funds, Letter from Montrose County requesting a transfer of TANF funds Special Instructions: Letter to Works Allocation Committee was sent on May 28, 2010 1 r i J Esther Gesick From: Lezlie Mayer (MAYERLE@co.laplata.co.us] Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 2010 5:35 PM To: Esther Gesick Subject: Fwd: Approved TANf transfer request Attachments: signed approval letter re intercty transfer La Plata to Weld.pdf; signed approval letter re intercty transfer Morgan to Weld.pdf Hi Esther, The letters below are the approval letter from the state for the transfers to Weld, thought this may be helpful. Lezlie >>> "Gini Pingenot" <cjpingenot®ccionline.orq> 6/27/2010 1 :41 PM >> > Colette, Rick, Lezlie, Judy, Peg and Steve: Attached, you'll find CDHS' official letter approving the TANF transfer request(s) you requested. Take care, Gini Gini Pingenot Policy and Research Supervisor Colorado Counties, Inc 800 Grant Street, Suite 500 Denver CO 80203 o: 303.861 .4076 c: 720.255.8941 1: 303.861 .2818 1 STATE OF COLORADO CdhSt 1 Colorado Department of Human Services people who help people OFFICE OF SELF SUFFICIENCY BS RSir, Jr Palma Swim, Dtrseeor Go+Nmor COLORADO MMORKS DIVISION Karen L. Sari 1573 Shaman SWIM Executive DireCe3C Dens, Colorado X1241 Phone 3034004963 FAX 303486-54W row, ON.MEI (_us Kevin R Richards Director June 21 , 2010 Commissioner Susan Beckman Chair, Colorado Works Allocation Committee 800 Grant Street, Suite 500 Denver, CO 80203 Re: Colorado Works Allocation Dear Commissioner Beckman, I received your letter dated June 8, 2010 regarding the Works Allocation Committee's (WAC) recommendation on an inter-county transfer to Weld County from La Plata County in the amount of $50,000. I approve the recommendation. Please let me know if you have any questions or concerns. Sincerely, Eig • at-4-4-- Karen L. Beye Executive Director CC: William J. Hanna, Director, Office of Policy and Legislative Initiatives, CDHS Jenise May, Deputy Executive Director, Office of Employment & Regulatory Affairs, CDHS Suzann Dobbins, Accounting, CDHS Mitch McKee, Accounting, CDHS Kevin R. Richards, Director, Colorado Works Program, CDHS Dan Daly, Colorado Works Program, CDHS Ow Mission is to Design and Deliver Quality Human Services that improve the Safely and Independence the People of Colorado ******Statutory Works Allocation Committee****** `_ Hosted by: Colorado Counties Inc. _LI A IC: 11 800 Grant Street, Suite 500 Denver, Colorado 80203 Phone: 303.861.4076 Fax: 303.861.2818 June 8,2010 Karen L. Beye, Executive Director Colorado Department of Human Services(CDHS) 1575 Sherman St. 8'h Floor Denver,CO 80203-1714 Dear Ms. Beye: The Colorado Works Allocation Committee has approved the transfer of$50,000 of La Plata County's SFY2009-10 TANF allocation to Weld County.Weld County has agreed to take responsibility for the corresponding MOE. I recommend CDHS complete this transaction as soon as possible. Please contact me at 303.795.4630 if you would like to discuss this transaction further. Sincerely,_ /' Susan Beckman,Chair Colorado Works Allocation Committee Arapahoe County Commissioner cc: La Plata County Board of County Commissioners Lezlie Mayer,Director, La Plata County Department of Human Services Weld County Board of County Commissioners Judy Griego, Director,Weld County Department of Human Services William J. Hanna,Director,Office of Policy and Legislative Initiatives, CDHS Jenise May, Deputy Executive Director,CDHS Kevin R. Richards,Director, Colorado Works Program,CDHS Dan Daly, Section Manager,Colorado Works Program, CDHS e5 The Works Allocation Committee is created pursuant to C.R.S§26-2-714. It is not a Colorado Counties Inc. Steering Committee. &010 ; I La w j(O04/ Hello