RESOLUITON
Motion/Request:
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MOTION to adopt a proposed “Municipal Certification of Resolution Authorizing the Town of Ledyard To Opt-In to the Small Town Economic Assistance Program” as presented in the draft dated July 9, 2024.
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Background:
Currently, it was not known if the Governor and the Bond Commission will authorize a round of STEAP Grants this coming FY- it is at the Governor’s discretion.
However, Municipalities can “opt-in” to allow the town to submit a grant request. Municipalities that do not Opt-In cannot apply for STEAP Grants.
Ledyard last opted-in four years ago and the eligibility was a four-year term at which time the Town would need to re-Opt-In for eligibility.
Below is the provisions for Municipalities to Opt-In to the STEAP Grant Program;
The Opt-in period shall be for four years. During that four-year period, municipalities which have opted in are NOT eligible to receive Urban Act fund
Municipalities deemed eligible for the STEAP Opt-In provision may elect to be eligible for said program individually or as part of a group of municipalities in lieu of being eligible for financial assistance under C.G.S. §4-66c (Urban Act Grants), by a vote of its legislative body or, in the case of a municipality in which the legislative body is a town meeting, its board of selectmen, and submitting a written notice of such vote to the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management. Any such election shall be for the four-year period following submission of such notice to the secretary and may be extended for additional four-year periods in accordance with the same procedure for the initial elect
It is important to note that once a municipality opts-in to the STEAP program, the opt in period lasts for four years from the submission date of the opt-in request. There is no provision to opt-out prior to the end of the four-year term.
Municipalities which have already opted in, and the term of the opt-in has not expired as of the due date for this application, do not need to submit an opt-in request to apply for STEAP. However, if an opt-in municipality is awarded a STEAP grant from this current round, the town must renew their opt-in if their current opt-in expires during the term of the grant. Reference: C.G.S. §4-66
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DRAFT: 7/9/2024
MUNICIPAL CERTIFICATION OF RESOLUTION
AUTHORIZING THE TOWN OF LEDYARD TO OPT-IN
SMALL TOWN ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
I, Patricia A. Riley, Town Clerk of the Town of Ledyard, a municipality organized and existing under the laws of the State of Connecticut, hereby certify that the following is a true copy of the resolution adopted at the Ledyard Town Council of said municipality at their Meeting held on July 24, 2024.
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RESOLVED, that Mayor Frederic B. Allyn, III, is hereby authorized to submit this Resolution as a written notice to Office of Policy and Management (OPM) to express the Town of Ledyard’s interest to exercise its Opt-In provision to be eligible to submit grant requests under the Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP).
BE IT FURTNER RESOLVED, that the Opt-In Provision under the Small Town Economic Assistance Program (STEAP) shall be for the four-year period following the submission of such notice to the Office of Policy and Management (OPM) and may be extended for an additional four-year period in accordance with the same procedure.
Adopted by the Town Council on: _____________
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S. Naomi Rodriguez, Chairman
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I DO FURTHER CERTIFY that the above resolution has in no way been altered, amended or revoked, and is in full force and effect.
AND I DO FURTHER CERTIFY that Mayor Frederic B. Allyn, III is the Mayor of the Town of Ledyard, and has been since May 7, 2017.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of the Town of Ledyard this ______ day of ____________________, 2024.
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Patricia A. Riley, Town Clerk
Town of Ledyard