RESO CC 08/30/77 - Responsibility for seniorsRESOLUTION NUMBER 77-17
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS, TRANFERRING TO THE WALKER COUNTY
ON HUMAN RELATIONS RESPONSIBILITIES HERETOFORE
UNDERTAKEN BY THE CITY OF HUNTSVILLE IN BEHALF OF
THE AGED AND FURTHER RELEASING AND/OR TRANSFERRING
GRANT MONIES ON HAND TO THE SAID COUNCIL AND
ESTABLISHING AN EFFECTIVE DATE
WHEREAS, the City of Huntsville, Texas, and the Board of Dtrectots
of the Walker County Council on Human Resources (WCCHR) desire to Liansfe,
the administration of the Walker County Multi-Purpose Activity Program
for the Aging (WCMAPA) from the City of Huntsville to the Walker County
Council on Human Resources. The City of Huntsville through its Parks
and Recreation Division has heretofore operated the Walker County Multi-
Purpose Activity Center for the Aging at the Emancipation Park Recreation
Building and Library. Funds for the program are derived from a Title
III Area Agency on Aging (AAA) Grant administered through the Houston-
Galveston Area Council (HGAC). The City of Huntsville desires to transfer
the administration of the existing program together with the estimated
remaining balance of FY 1977 Grant Funds in the amount of $ 9,515
all of which would be in the best interest of the program and the people
participating in same.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY.
OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS,
(1) That the City of Huntsville, Texas, terminate participation in the
Walker County Multi-Purpose Activity Program for the Aging and that
the responsibility for the continuation of such program be, and the
same is hereby assigned, transferred and set over unto the Walker County
Council on Human Relations, a non - profit corporation which shall continue
said program until the grant of operating funds expires on December 31,
1977. Such transfer shall be further subject to'_the following:
(a) The completion by the City of Huntsville of an internal audit
of the received and expended grant funds through September 10
1977. The Council on Human Resources shall absorb the funds
on hand into the Council's operating budget.
(b) The Walker County Council on Human Relations will assume respon-
sibility for existing contractual programs on the effective date
of the transfer until the expiration of the contract period on
December 31, 1977.
(c) The Walker- County Council on Human Relations shall make a
satisfactory arrangement with the Commissioner's Court of Walker
County, Texas, for transfer of the transportation agreement
currently in force between Walker County and the City of Huntsville.
(d) Such transfer of funds and responsibilities for the aged program
shall be contingent upon approval by the Houston - Galveston Area
Council.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the said City Council that all funds on
hand to be transferred to the Walker- County Council on Human Relations
shall only be funds received by the City of Huntsville under the Title
III Area Agency on Aging Grant. No funds of the City of Huntsville
derived from tax payments or other public sources shall be transferred.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Walker- County Council on Human
Relations shall be entitled to use public buildings and recreational
facilities located in the Emancipation Park under the existing rules
and regulations applicable to the use of public facilities maintained
for such purpose by the City of Huntsville, Texas.
WHEREUPON said Resolution was duly made and seconded and upon
vote unanimously passed on the 30th day of August, 1977, and in
certification of which the Mayor has set his hand and caused the sefl
of the City to be affixed hereto and attested by the City Secretary.
CITY OF HUNTSVILLE, TEXAS
BY
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MORRIS I. W.PLLER, MAYOR
MARTIN D. COLLEY
CITY ATTORNEY