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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 2016 (22) Resolution No. 22 (2016) ST RO .,, Y TY RESOLUTION TO IMPROVE THE TIMELINESS OF ' �' REIMBURSEMENT TO CONTRACTORS FOR THE WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT HOUSING REGION 1 WHEREAS, St. Croix County is one of ten counties that are part of the West Central 2 Wisconsin Community Development Block Grant Housing Region, with Chippewa County 3 designated as the lead agency; and 4 5 WHEREAS, the West Central Wisconsin Community Development Block Grant Housing 6 Region has created a County funded revolving loan of$50,000 to supply cash flow to this 7 housing improvement program so that contractors can receive timely payment; and 8 9 WHEREAS, the County funded loan is necessary as the State of Wisconsin has 10 established a payment system for the Community Development Block Grant funds that is not 11 responsive to the needs of the program and does not allow the lead agency to make timely 12 payments to contractors; and 13 14 WHEREAS, delays in making payments to contractors is causing small business 15 contractors to withdraw from the program; and 16 17 WHEREAS, limiting the number of contractors who are willing to participate in the West 18 Central Community Development Block Grant housing improvement program may cause low 19 income participants to pay higher costs for repairs; and 20 21 WHEREAS, the Community Development Block Grant lead agency has requested that 22 the State of Wisconsin improve the payment system to be more responsive to the operations of 23 the program, but no modifications have been made to improve the timeliness of the payment 24 process; and 25 26 WHEREAS, the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors supports the request of the 27 Community Development Block Grant lead agency to improve the timeliness of reimbursement 28 to contractors which would eliminate the need for a County funded revolving loan. 29 30 THEREFORE, be it resolved that the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors requests the 31 State of Wisconsin, Department of Administration, improve the timeliness of reimbursement to 32 contractors performing approved Community Development Block Grant projects to eliminate the 33 need for a County funded revolving loan. 34 35 BE it further resolved that the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors directs the County 36 Clerk to forward this resolution to the Office of the Governor, State Assembly and Senate 37 Representatives for all 10 counties represented by the West Central Wisconsin Community 38 Development Block Grant Housing Region, as well as and State of Wisconsin, Department of 39 Administration. Legal—Fiscal—Administrative Approvals: Legal Note: None Fiscal Impact: None. JA W-1 Cox,Corpvrat o ouuseil 21 12116 hart M' Fi ace irsactor 1t'61 ra ck rhompsam,comity Aamini W1 M2016 02/17/16 Administration Committee APPROVED AS AMENDED ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .......... RESULT: APPROVED AS AMENDED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Jill Ann Berke, Supervisor SECONDER: Roy Sjoberg, Supervisor AYES: Schachtner, Sjoberg, Berke, Kiesler, Achterhof Vote Confirmation. � . htner,Su 2/18120 16 St. Croix County Board of Supervisors Action: Roll Call -Vote Requirement— Majority of Supervisors Present ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... ......... .......... RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS] MOVER: Christopher Babbitt, Supervisor SECONDER: Ron Kiesler, Supervisor AYES: Ring, Babbitt, Novotny, Sjoberg, Koch, Kilber, Nelson, Berke, Ostness, Larson, Hansen, Kiesler, Brinkman, Peterson, Anderson, Achterhof, Leibfried, Peavey ABSENT: Travis Schachtner This Resolution was Adopted by the St. Croix County Board of Supervisors on March 1, 2016 Cindy Campbell, County Clerk