§ 80.103. Functions, powers and duties.

In addition to such powers, duties and authority as may be set forth elsewhere in the Ordinance Code, including Chapter 118 (City Grants), the PSG Council is hereby authorized to:

(a)

Review and assess the annual needs of the City for public services for a program not otherwise funded by City funds, based on presentations, studies, and reports submitted to the Public Service Grants Council;

(b)

Recommend Priority Populations or Needs to the City Council and include in such recommendation an assigned percentage of funding to each Priority Population or Need;

(c)

Recommend the process by which recipients of Public Service Grants are selected each year, which process shall be by request for proposal pursuant to Chapter 126, Ordinance Code, or through the grant application procedures outlined in Chapter 118, Part 8; and

(d)

Submit to the MBRC for review an appropriation request for Public Service Grants for the upcoming fiscal year;

(e)

Review, evaluate and score each Public Service Grant application, subject to completion of the Annual Training Course in Section 80.104(i);

(f)

Participate in on-site evaluations of recipient programs;

(g)

Attend orientation meetings, the annual training course required in Section 80.104(i), and any other meetings related to Chapter 118, Part 8, ethics, public records and open meetings laws for PSG Council members; and

(h)

Award and allocate the annual lump sum appropriation for Public Service Grants contained in the annual budget ordinance to requesting agencies based on the review, evaluation and scoring of each requesting agencies pursuant to Chapter 118, Part 8.

(Ord. 2016-56-E , § 1)