Broward County Commission Regular Meeting

A. MOTION TO APPROVE Agreement between the Children’s Services Council of Broward County (“CSCBC”) and Broward County (“County”) for the County’s SWIM Central Program, to provide funding to the County in the amount of $700,000 for reimbursements to contracting agencies for water-safety education and instruction for children countywide, from October 1, 2017, to September 30, 2018; authorize the Mayor and Clerk to execute same; and authorize the County Administrator to approve any necessary non-monetary amendments. (Requires a $535,610 County cash match.)

ACTION:  (T-10:33 AM)  Approved.
 
VOTE: 6-0.  Commissioner LaMarca and Mayor Sharief were not present during the vote.  Commissioner Ryan was not present. 

B. MOTION TO ADOPT budget Resolution No. 2017-440 within the General Fund for the Parks and Recreation Division to appropriate revenue in the amount of $700,000 for the programming support of the County’s SWIM Central Program.

ACTION:  (T-10:33 AM)  Approved.
 
VOTE: 6-0.  Commissioner LaMarca and Mayor Sharief were not present during the vote.  Commissioner Ryan was not present. 

Agreements require Board approval. Unanticipated revenue requires Board action by Resolution to accept and allocate.

Provides funding for the County’s SWIM Central Program for water-safety education and instruction for children countywide, on a reimbursement basis with contracting agencies.

None.

PARKS AND RECREATION RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THE ABOVE MOTIONS.

Broward County has been receiving matching grant funds from the Children’s Services Council of Broward County (“CSCBC”) since 2002 for the County’s SWIM Central Program, operated by the Broward County Parks and Recreation Division, for water-safety education and instruction for Broward County children on a reimbursement basis with contracting agencies. In Fiscal Year 2017, the County received total funding in the amount of $675,500 from the CSCBC, requiring a $520,750 County cash match.

For Fiscal Year 2018, the CSCBC accepted its staff’s recommendation of May 18, 2017, to appropriate $700,000 for the County’s SWIM Central Program for the period from October 1, 2017, through September 30, 2018. The services to be provided by the County’s SWIM Central Program, through Broward County Parks and Recreation Division, are specified in Exhibit A - Scope of Work of the Agreement. It is estimated that this funding, along with the County match of $535,610, will provide water-safety education and instruction to approximately 24,700 children residing in Broward County.

The Agreement is in the CSCBC’s format, and it incorporates certain recommended changes requested by the County. The CSCBC is providing funding to the County and has requested the County execute the Agreement first. The Risk Management Division has reviewed and approved the insurance requirements and the Office of the County Attorney has approved the Agreement as to form.

Dan West, Director, Parks and Recreation Division, 954-357-8106