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A Resolution authorizing the Mayor, on behalf of the Urban County Government, to execute eight Purchase of Service Agreements and any necessary amendments with the following Housing Stabilization Partners to provide rental assistance and/or relocation services to the public, with an administrative fee not to exceed ten percent (10%) and payment of fifty percent (50%) of the funding to be withheld until the partner has established satisfactory performance and an additional need, with any such additional disbursement amounts determined by the Mayor or her designee: Urban League of Lexington-Fayette County, Inc. (initial disbursement $110,000, total not to exceed $220,000), Step by Step, Inc. (initial disbursement $33,000, total not to exceed $66,000), Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Lexington, Inc. (initial disbursement $110,000, total not to exceed $220,000), AVOL Ky., Inc. (initial disbursement $88,000, total not to exceed $176,000), Greenhouse17, Inc. (initial disbursement $110,00, total not to exceed $220,000), The Nest - Center for Women, Children and Families (initial disbursement $110,00, total not to exceed $220,000), New Life Day Center, Inc. (initial disbursement $55,000, total not to exceed $110,000), and Community Action Council for Lexington-Fayette, Bourbon, Harrison, and Nicholas Counties, Inc. (initial disbursement $110,000, total not to exceed $220,000), at a total cost not to exceed $1,452,000. [Council Office, Maynard]
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WHEREAS, the President of the United States and the Governor of the Commonwealth of Kentucky have both declared states of emergency in response to the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic; and
WHEREAS, Mayor Linda Gorton declared, in Executive Order 2020-01, that a state of emergency exists in Lexington-Fayette County; and
WHEREAS, thirty-five thousand (35,000) cases of COVID-19 have been confirmed in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, with more than four thousand (4,000) in Lexington-Fayette County...
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