ITEM TITLE:
17-12- Amending the 2016 City Budget by Accepting $70,000 in Partnership Revenues from Providence Health and Services, and Increasing Hospital Department Appropriations in an Equal Amount
SUBMITTED BY: Brian Carlson, Finance Director
FISCAL NOTES:
Expenditure Required: $70,000.
Unencumbered Balance: $70,000.
Funding Source: 001-0000-35250 PVMC Partnership Program
RECOMMENDATION:
Approve the budget amendment accepting $70,000 in grant revenues and increasing Hospital Department appropriations for the SHARP III ($50,000) and Hospice Care ($20,000) programs.
SUMMARY STATEMENT:
Providence has provided partnering funds to various community efforts in Valdez. The funding recipients are determined by the Valdez Health Advisory Committee.
In 2017, the Committee included physician student-debt relief, via the State-run SHARP program, and hospice care via Connections to Care, Inc. among their requested initiatives. These efforts were funded with $50,000 and $20,000, respectively.
As neither organization was formally established and able to receive funds at the time of the award, Providence and the Committee have requested that the City act as a pass-through conduit until such time as funds can be deployed to their ultimate purpose.
Connections to Care, Inc. is now formally established, and so the City will remit funds with their next bill-payment cycle in early April. The SHARP III program is anticipated to be ready to receive funds in June of 2017, at which time the City will remit payment.
These funds entail no ongoing obligation, whether administrative or funding, to the City of Valdez. Staff anticipates that similar funding from Providence in future years will be made directly to the program administrators, and will entail no pass-through funding with the City.