DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
FY 2016 Consolidated Funding Process and Communication Restrictions
SUMMARY:
The purpose of this item is to provide the Quality of Life Committee with a briefing on the FY 2016 Human and Workforce Development Services Consolidated Funding Process and proposed communication restrictions during the second year of the two year funding process.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
Beginning in 2005, the City initiated a two-year Consolidated Funding process for Human and Workforce Development Services to ensure purchased services are aligned with City Council goals and objectives. City Council completes a survey process to provide policy and funding guidance and to develop funding recommendations for each fiscal year. This two-year consolidated funding process streamlines the application for eligible agencies and facilitates the contract monitoring of these agencies.
In March 2014, the City issued the Request for Proposal (RFP) for the FY 2015 and FY 2016 Human and Workforce Development Services Consolidated Funding Process. The City Ethics Code prohibits specific contact initiated by agencies applying for funding to City staff and elected officials during the contract solicitation period. FY 2016, the second year of the funding cycle, is a non-solicitation year and does not fall under this restriction. However, the Ethics Code allows for specific contact procedures to be incorporated into the RFP document. Based on this, the City included an Anti-Lobbying Policy that provided for a no contact period during the second year of the funding cycle that starts when the proposed budget development/presentation process begins and ends when the award of contracts is posted as a City Council agenda item.
ISSUE:
In September 2015, through adoption of the FY 2015 budget, City Council authorized funding allocations to 56 agencies for 91 programs t...
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