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Resolution to Approve Amendment Number One to Contract with Dawn Farm for Drug Abuse Counseling and Rehabilitative Services ($108,174.00)
Memorandum
Attached for your review and approval is a resolution to approve a contract amendment with Dawn Inc., d/b/a Dawn Farm to increase the total contract amount from $88,000.00 (Resolution R-13-350) to $108,174.00 and expand services to include participants from the 15th Judicial District Court Veterans Treatment Court.
These services are funded through grant awards from the Supreme Court of Michigan State Court Administrative Office Michigan Drug Court Grant Program (SCAO-MDCGP) ($88,000.00) and the Michigan Veterans Treatment Court Grant Program (SCAO-MVTCGP) ($20,174.00) for Grant Fiscal Year 2014, and without regard to City Fiscal Year.
Approval of a ten percent (10%) contract contingency is also requested to allow the Court to increase services should additional funds become available for counseling and rehabilitation through an approved SCAO grant program.
On June 17, 2013, Dawn, Inc. was granted a three-year exemption from the Living Wage requirements of Chapter 23 of the Ann Arbor Code of Ordinances by Resolution R-13-189.
Staff
Prepared by: Shryl Samborn, Court Administrator, 15th Judicial District Court
Approved by: Steve D. Powers, City Administrator
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Whereas, Dawn, Inc., d/b/a Dawn Farm, is a nonprofit entity that has provided in-patient and out-patient addiction rehabilitation and recovery services to area residents since 1971;
Whereas, The Michigan Supreme Court State Court Administrative Office has awarded grant funds to the 15th Judicial District Court for drug abuse counseling and rehabilitative services to 15th Judicial District Court defendants who participate in the Sobriety Court and Veterans Treatment Court programs;
Whereas, The 15th Judicial District Court has determined that Dawn Inc., d/b/a Dawn Farm, is an appropriate and skilled provider of such services; and
Whereas, Dawn, Inc. was granted a three-year exemption from the Living Wage requirement of Section 1:815 of Chapter 23 of the Ann Arbor Code of Ordinances on June 17, 2013 by Resolution R-13-189;
RESOLVED, That City Council approve a contract amendment with Dawn Inc., d/b/a Dawn Farm, for drug abuse counseling and rehabilitation services to 15th Judicial District Court defendants;
RESOLVED, That City Council approve a ten percent (10%) contingency in the amount to be expendable from available SCAO grant funds during the life of the grant award without regard to fiscal year with the approval of the SCAO and the City Administrator;
RESOLVED, That the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized and directed to execute the amendment following approval as to form by the City Attorney and as to substance by the City Administrator, without regard to City Fiscal Year; and
RESOLVED, That the City Administrator to take all necessary administrative actions to implement this resolution.