TO: Mayor and City Commission
FROM: Douglas E. Smith, City Manager
DATE: March 18, 2015
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DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION REGARDING THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF MARGATE AND THE ALZHEIMERS FAMILY CENTER.
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BACKGROUND: The Alzheimer's Family Center ("the Center), located in Margate, provides in-home respite services for caregivers of individuals with Alzheimer's in Northern Broward County. In addition, the Center provides counseling and other services. The City of Margate and the Center had an informal relationship for many years in which the City provided upfront monies to the Center. Grants for the Center are received after the date that services are provided by the Center; therefore, by the City paying expenses for the Center upfront, it would help with cash flow for the Center.
In 2007, the City of Margate approved a formal agreement with the Center (copy attached). Under the agreement the City provides bookkeeping services for the Center. The Center is to deposit with the City all monies they receive (with the exception of several types of accounts). Under Section 5 of the agreement, if the City determines that it has paid out more than $75,000 than it has received from the Center, then the City may refuse to pay any additional funds for the Center until it has received additional funds from the Center as determined by the City Commission. The agreement also provides for sixty (60) days written notice to terminate the agreement.
The Center certainly provides services to individuals and families struggling with a difficult disease. Unfortunately, the Alzheimer's Family Center's deficit to the City is much greater than $75,000 with the potential to continue increasing; the City has paid out much more than the Center has deposited with the City.
City staff members met with the Center in June 2014. At this meeting, the Center provided information on cost savings measures that they had taken totaling over $70,000 per ye...
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