ADOPTED - AUGUST 24, 2004

Agenda Item No.  31

 

Introduced by the Human Services and Finance Committees of the:

 

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

 

RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE A GRANT CONTRACT WITH THE

SUSAN G. KOMEN BREAST CANCER FOUNDATION, INC.

 

RESOLUTION #04-257

 

WHEREAS, Ingham County operates the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program in the counties of Clinton, Gratiot, and Ingham; and

 

WHEREAS, low-income, uninsured women, ages 40 to 49, enrolled in the Breast and Cervical Cancer Control Program (BCCCP) are not eligible for screening mammograms since the December 2002 Executive Order reducing expenditures; and

 

WHEREAS, the Ingham County Health Department submitted a proposal to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation to support the cost of screening mammograms to BCCCP eligible women; and

 

WHEREAS, the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation has awarded a grant contract to Ingham County; and

 

WHEREAS, the Health Officer has recommended that the Board of Commissioners authorize the grant contracts. 

 

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes a grant contract with the Greater Lansing Affiliate of the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc. for the purpose of supporting the cost of screening mammograms for low-income women in Clinton, Gratiot and Ingham Counties.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the period of the grant contract shall be June 1, 2004 through May 31, 2005 and that the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation will pay Ingham County up to $15,000 to support the cost of screening mammograms for women in Clinton, Gratiot and Ingham Counties.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Controller is authorized to amend the Health Department’s 2005 budget to implement this resolution.

 

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Board Chairperson is authorized to sign the grant contract after review by the County Attorney.

 

HUMAN SERVICES:  Yeas:  Hertel, Dedden, Weatherwax-Grant, Schor, Severino, Nevin

        Nays:  None                Absent:  None             Approved 8/16/04

 

FINANCE:   Yeas:  Lynch, Grebner, Dedden, De Leon, Thomas

          Nays:  None                Absent:  Minter             Approved 8/18/04