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Ratify application, receipt of award, and approval of the contract for the Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program; Approve contract with Workforce Development Board totaling $552,786; Approve an Appropriations Transfer Request for $518,524 for FY2021/22 (4/5 vote required)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
The County Administrator's Office recommends the Board of Supervisors:
1) Ratify application, receipt of award, and approval of the contract for the Microbusiness COVID-19 Relief Grant Program;
2) Approve the current contract with Workforce Development Board totaling $552,786; and
3) Approve an Appropriations Transfer Request (ATR) for $518,524 for FY2021/22 (4/5 vote required).
SUMMARY/ DISCUSSION:
Solano County applied for and has been awarded $552,785.83 from the Office of the Small Business Advocate's (CalOSBA's) California Microbusiness Covid-19 Relief Grant Program. The program will be administered in partnership with the Workforce Development Board of Solano County (WDB) and the Small Business Development Center (SBDC), providing $2,500 grants to eligible microbusinesses throughout the county that have been significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This grant will be administered as 180 individual grants in the amount of $2,500 each to microbusinesses in Solano County (totaling $450,000). The County will partner with the WDB to administer the program, with their administrative costs totaling $102,785. The WDB will subcontract with SBDC for technical assistance and outreach totaling $22,000, with local chambers totaling $7,000 for technical assistance to applicants, with other costs for outreach and reporting totaling $8,786.
The grant required an active agreement to be submitted with the application. The County entered into a contract with the WDB contingent upon award approval and requiring the Board to approve an amount ...
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