SUBSTITUTE ADOPTED - SEPTEMBER 21, 1999

Agenda Item No. 16

Introduced by the Administrative Services/Personnel and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING A CONTRACT WITH THE CITY OF LANSING FOR WORK OF THE CENSUS 2000 COMPLETE COUNT COMMITTEE

RESOLUTION #99-215

WHEREAS, the Census 2000 Complete Count Committee , a task force of the City of Lansing, has made a request to the Ingham County Board of Commissioners for $5,000 to implement its strategy to assure a full census participation in 2000, and a similar request has been made to the City of Lansing with financial support anticipated from the mayor and the city council; and

WHEREAS, the City of Lansing and Ingham County will benefit from the committee's strategy to assure that all Lansing residents are counted in the upcoming census as outlined in the committee's scope and work plan; and

WHEREAS, the committee was formed because the census is vital to the community for reasons related to apportionment of electoral districts, continued funding for public schools, allocation of billions of dollars in federal funds including CDBG, ISTEA and other grant funded programs, locational decisions concerning business growth and jobs; and

WHEREAS, the effectiveness of the committee's work has serious implications relative to the accuracy in determining the population based revenue sharing formula, which impacts the county's annual budget.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners hereby authorizes a contract with the City of Lansing in the amount of $5,000 from its 1999 contingency fund for the Census 2000 Complete Count Committee's work toward an accurate population count for the Year 2000 census.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the county's appropriation is contingent upon the City of Lansing appropriating $5,000 in support of this project, in addition to evidence that the necessary accounts to accept and expend funds have been established.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller is hereby authorized to make the necessary budget adjustments.

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the board chairperson and the clerk are authorized to sign the contract upon approval by the county attorney as to contract form.

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES/PERSONNEL: Yeas: Czarnecki, McDonald, Lynch, Severino, Minter

Nays: None Absent: None Approved 9/14/99

FINANCE: Yeas: McDonald, Bernero, Grebner, Lynch, Schafer, Minter

Nays: None Absent: Juall Approved 9/15/99