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Health and Human Services Agency recommending the Board:
1) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign Agreement 3330 with the El Dorado Community Foundation to distribute $55,000 in Transient Occupancy Tax funds at the request of the Veteran Affairs Commission, which includes a payment of $2,750 as a management fee to the El Dorado Community Foundation, previously authorized in the Fiscal Year 2017-18 budget, to provide funding for programs that will assist the El Dorado County veterans community;
2) Approve the attached Budget Transfer Request in the amount of $55,000, thereby transferring funds from General Fund Contingency to the Veterans Affairs Department 420000 (4/5 vote); and
3) Authorize the Purchasing Agent, or designee, to execute further documents relating to Agreement 3330, including amendments that do not increase the maximum dollar amount or term of the Agreement, and contingent upon approval by County Counsel and Risk Management.
FUNDING: Transient Occupancy Tax, General Fund.
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DISCUSSION/BACKGROUND
On March 19, 2013, the Board of Supervisors approved a recommendation to establish an annual allocation beginning with the Fiscal Year (FY) 2013-14 budget in an amount equal to five percent (5%) of the TOT Revenue collected pursuant to County Ordinance Code Section 3.28.030, for the purpose of funding projects, programs, and services that directly benefit the support and recognition of Veterans in the County of El Dorado. Legistar #13-0280, versions 1 through 7, includes the historical submission of the Veterans Commission recommendations to use TOT funding beginning August 27, 2013, for FY 2013-14. Thereafter, the Board approved the Veterans Commission recommendation for utilization of funding for FY 2014-15, on January 27, 2015; FY 2015-16, on February 23, 2016; and FY 2016-17, on March 21, 2017.
The Veterans Affairs Commission voted in December 2017 to allocate the FY 2017-18 TOT funds in the amount of $110,000 to various organiza...
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