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Health and Human Services Agency (HHSA) recommending the Board:
1) Accept, with gratitude, a donation of $98,559.34 from The Allan G. Hanson and Gladys I. Hanson Living Trust for restricted use to the County of El Dorado Pet Aid Fund, to support efforts by the HHSA Animal Services Program;
2) Approve and authorize the Chair to sign the attached Accounting and Proposed Distribution documents (attachment A), provided by Ellerman Strand Law Offices to HHSA, on behalf of the Beneficiaries of The Allan G. Hanson and Gladys I. Hanson Living Trust, in order for HHSA Animal Services Program to accept and receive the donation, which were approved by County Counsel and verified by HHSA Fiscal Management; and
3) Authorize the HHSA Director, or Chief Assistant Director, to execute further document(s), related to this donation, on behalf of the Animal Services Program.
FUNDING: 100% Donation received from The Allan G. Hanson and Gladys I. Hanson Living Trust.
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DISCUSSION / BACKGROUND:
On January 19, 2024, Ellerman Strand Law Offices (Ellerman Strand Law) notified HHSA Animal Services of a restricted donation of $98,559.34, with the donation provided from The Allan G. Hanson and Gladys I. Hanson Living Trust, for the specific use to the County’s Pet Aid Fund. HHSA Animal Services was identified as a Charitable Organization to receive one-third of the Charitable Share of the Allan G. Hanson and Gladys I. Hanson Living Trust.
In order to accept this donation, HHSA was instructed by Ellerman Strand Law to review provided Accounting and Proposed Distribution documents (Attachment A), which included: 1) Receipts and disbursements from the Trust from the date of death through August 31, 2023; 2) Summary of Account of the Trust; and 3) Waiver of objections to the accounting. Further, HHSA was notified in that correspondence, that the Trust requires a signature on the Waiver of Objections to Accounting and Consent to Proposed Distribution forms. The Waiver of Objecti...
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