REPORT TO COUNCIL
SUBJECT
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Approve Budget Modification No. 41 to Appropriate Additional Grant Funds, Increase the NOVA Expenditures Budget, and Increase the Transfer to the General Fund to Cover Indirect Costs Incurred by the City in Administering these Grants for FY 2013/14
Report
BACKGROUND
The City of Sunnyvale NOVA Workforce Services Department (NOVA) manages programs and services for the NOVA Job Training Consortium, a seven-city entity (Cupertino, Los Altos, Milpitas, Mountain View, Palo Alto, Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale) formed through a Joint Powers Agreement. The City of Sunnyvale administers all of NOVA's programs on behalf of the consortium cities. No funding is provided by the seven cities, individually or collectively.
NOVA receives funding several ways: Workforce Investment Act (WIA) allocations determined by specific formulas via the State of California Employment Development Department (EDD); competitive grants from a variety of state and federal sources; and other Corporate and Foundation funding sources. These funds have varying periods of performance, often multi-year.
As the City, through NOVA, applies for grants, contracts and contributions, it determines what services and service levels will be provided through the application process. The determinations are reviewed and approved by the NOVA Workforce Board through Reports to the Workforce Board at regular Board meetings. Authority to receive and expend funds must be approved by the Sunnyvale City Council, on behalf of the consortium cities. When the new programs affect the established expenditure and service levels defined in the departmental budget, a budget modification request is submitted. These actions can occur throughout the year through Reports to Council at regular City Council meetings.
NOVA is now requesting an increase in planned budget and expenditure resources for FY 2013/14. The original budget was submitted prior to the release of the annual al...
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