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25-0278
| 1 | | Agenda Item | Commission to review and approve mileage reimbursement for Veteran Affairs Commissioners for the month of January 2025. | | |
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25-0279
| 1 | | Agenda Item | Commission to review and approve Veterans Affairs Commission January 9, 2025 meeting minutes. | | |
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25-0283
| 1 | | Agenda Item | Veteran Affairs Commission (VAC) to receive a recommendation from the Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT) Committee regarding the possibility of raising the funding limit for TOT Mini-Grants administered through the El Dorado Community Foundation from the current funding limit of $10,000 to as much as $20,000. VAC to consider accepting this recommendation from the TOT Committee.
Commissioner Mullens-Becker reported that the TOT Committee met that morning and reviewed the application process for the mini-grants with Kathy Haven from the El Dorado Community Foundation. The Committee is bringing three changes to the VAC for approval. The first change is to ensure that all grants are reviewed by the TOT Committee and then brought to the VAC no later than June 30th, so the mini-grant process can begin on July 1st. This date aligns with the start of the fiscal year for the county, making it easier for the El Dorado Community Foundation to process and distribute funds. The second change is to increase only for the 2025 mini-grant funds from $10,000 to $20,000. The Committee believes this increas | | |
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25-0280
| 1 | | Agenda Item | Kathy Haven, Community Impact Officer from the El Dorado Community Foundation, discussed the mini-grants program for non-profit veteran organizations. Haven reported that the grants would open on April 7th and close on May 1st. Any non-profit that complies with State and Federal regulations can apply for the mini-grant. The El Dorado Community Foundation will then review the applications and send them to different organizations for review and approval for funding by the end of June. Reynolds reported that individuals who are interested can visit the El Dorado Community Foundation website to learn more about applying for grants (eldoradocf.org/grants-catalog/). | | |
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25-0391
| 1 | | Agenda Item | Veterans Service Officer (VSO) Brown was unavailable, so Veteran Services Office Administrative Technician Courtney Frame read the Ex-Officio Report. Frame reported that the Veteran Services Office is now fully staffed. Moises Velasquez was hired at the end of January to fill the open Office Assistant position. Velasquez brings experience from working at the San Francisco Veteran Services Office. Next, Frame reported that VSO Brown and Veterans Service Representative I (VSR) Christopher Diggins would be attending the California Association of County Veterans Service Officers winter training conference during the week of February 23rd - February 28th. During the conference, the states VSOs will meet with their representatives to show support for Assembly Bill 53, which would make military retirement pay and DoD survivor benefits tax-exempt. Next, Frame reported that for the month of January, the Veterans Service Office received 308 phone calls, 69 scheduled appointments, and had 171 walk-in visitors. Next, Frame reported that the Veteran Services Office had not yet received the audit | | |
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