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Cabarrus County Department of Aging Weatherization Program - Consolidation Update The North Carolina Department of Commerce - Division of Energy ( NCDOE ) has instituted a new consolidated format in an effort to reduce administrative cost within the Weatherization Assistance Program. This consolidated format utilizes a multi-county structure with a lead agency in each region. Over the past several months, consideration has been given to consolidating Cabarrus County with: 1. Mecklenburg County ( Cabarrus County Department of Aging to serve as lead agency ) 2. Union County and Mecklenburg County ( Union County Community Action to serve as lead agency ) 3. Rowan County ( Salisbury - Rowan Community Service Council, Inc. to serve as lead agency ) Final consolidation assignment Upon notification of this decision by the NCDOE, Louis Partain and I contacted the Salisbury - Rowan Community Service Council ( SRCSC ) and requested a meeting. We met with representatives of the NCDOE and SRCSC and discussed the consolidation process. We were assured that SRCSC will serve as a facilitator for "pass through" funding for the Cabarrus County allocation of these Weatherization Assistance Program funds. Furthermore, we were assured that we will continue to operate as we have done in the past concerning purchasing materials, supplies and equipment. We will simply be responsible for meeting all of the NCDOE state standards as in the past. We will submit our monthly, quarterly and annual report data to SRCSC in order for them to consolidate this information into the regional reports as required by the NCDOE. SRCSC submitted a one page contract for our consideration. In our opinion this contract was inadequate and incomplete. We compiled additional data that we considered to be important to such a document. I discussed this situation with Fletcher Hartsell and he asked me to send him a copy of this information. When he reviewed this information he asked for a copy of the contract between the NCDOE and the SRCSC in order to be sure that our contract with SRCSC included all of the requirements that are required under state statutes. -. When the NCDOE realized that we have concems about the contract that was submitted by SRCSC, they developed the contract that we have submitted for consideration by the Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners.