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Agenda Item:
Approval of Interlocal Agreement Creating the Thurston County Regional Health and Human Services Council (HHSC)
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Issues:
1. Shall the City enter into the Interlocal Agreement with the cities of Lacey and Tumwater, and Thurston County for the creation of a new regional health and human service coordinating council?
2. Shall the City commit 1/2 of 1% of sales tax from each prior year's full sales tax General Fund sales tax collections ($76,000)?
3. Shall the City allocate $45,000 previously set aside for social service needs to the HHSC regional allocation process?
Committee Recommendation:
Recommendation is supported by the Regional Health and Human Services Planning Committee. Councilmember Cooper is Olympia's representative to the Committee.
City Manager’s Recommendation:
1. Move to authorize the Mayor to execute the attached Interlocal Agreement with the cities of Lacey and Tumwater, and Thurston County to create a new regional Health and Human Services Council for the purposes of allocating pooled public resources to fund unmet health and human service needs within the Thurston County area, including Olympia.
2. Allocate the $45,000 in Council Goal funds set aside for social services to the 2013 Health and Human Services Council prioritization process.
Staff Contact:
Steve Hall, City Manager 360.753.8370
Steve Friddle, 360.753.8591
Anna Schlecht, 360.753.8183
Councilmember Jim Cooper, 360.753.8447
Presenter(s):
City Manager Steve Hall
Councilmember Jim Cooper
Background and Analysis:
On December 19, 2011 the City of Olympia signed an Interlocal Agreement with the cities of Lacey and Tumwater and Thurston County to dissolve the previous Human Services Review Council (HSRC) entity that had been in place since 1982. As part of the Interlocal Agreement, the parties agreed to establish a planning committee for the purposes of forming a new countywide health and human services coordinating entity. The proposed Interlocal Agr...
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