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Department of Aging P. O. Box 1005 */0 Uuloa Street, 8 Concord, North Carollua 28026 Teresa W. Melton '{04°788'9899 Director August 31,' 1989 TO: MIKE RUFFIN, COUN2~f MANAGER COUNTY COY~ISSIOUERS LOUIS PARTAIN, WEATEERIZATION COORDINATOR, DEPT. OF AGING FROM: TERESA W. MELTON, DIRECTOR, DEPT. 0F~~J''*-~' SUBJECT: C0}~iUNITY DEVELOPMENT REHABILITATION PROJECT This is to report on a meeting with myself and Commissioner James Lents in reference to a request ~e Department of Aging made of the Board of Commissioners, August 21, 1989. The request is p~rmission to complete one house rehabilitation project for the City'of Concord. Attached is an additional copy of the bid the Department of Aging made to complete a rahab project for the City Community Development funded project. BACKGROUND: The Weatherization Assistance funds was proposed to be on a fifteen month funding cycle. May, 1989, Aging staff attended a statswide workshop to learn of proposed fifteen month fiscal year contract. The final approval was adopted in the General Assembly, and we received budget amendments in August, 1989. In order to supplement to annual revenue, staff requested permission of the managar on 08-03-89 to: 1. Apply for bid on rehabilitation projects or, 2. July, 1989, contract to complete Stanley County's programtoprohibit either loosing the program and/or staff. Hr. Ruffiu stated he did not want county staff to work outside the county,. el~uinating option two. Mr. Partaiu opted not to take his scheduled annual leave August ?-llth iu order to complete the proposal packet by deadline. We received the bid on August 15, 1989 and received the contract August 16, 1989. )ir. Lents and myself met on August 30, 1989 for the purpose of clarifying any outstanding questions on the rationale for the Department applying for the project, the source of funds, the bid process and the banefit the proJeat will be to the County. I explained to Mr. Lents the operation of the Weatherization Program including the expertise required to complete a Ratrotach and the safety concerns of having a minimum of two crew members. Also, the change involved in current fiscal year b~dget in the program which islehanged to a fifteen month year, (this year only), creating a need to raise additional and alternate sources of revenues.