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1 <br /> ORANGE COUNTY <br /> BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS <br /> ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT <br /> Meeting Date: October 20, 2015 <br /> Action Agenda <br /> Item No. 6-b <br /> SUBJECT: Approval of Amendment to Service Agreement for Senior Lunch Caterer <br /> Contract with Nantucket Grill, Inc. <br /> DEPARTMENT: Aging PUBLIC HEARING: (Y/N) No <br /> ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: <br /> Amendment To Services Agreement Janice Tyler, 919-245-4255 <br /> FY 2014-15 Contract for Catering <br /> Services <br /> PURPOSE: To approve an Amendment to Services Agreement for the food service caterer <br /> contract with Nantucket Grill, Inc. to provide noon meals for the Home and Community Care <br /> Block Grant-funded Senior Lunch Program at the Seymour and Central Orange Senior Centers <br /> for the period July 1, 2015 to June 30, 2016. <br /> BACKGROUND: The Orange County Department on Aging assumed administration of the <br /> Senior Lunch Program in July 2009. A request for proposals was issued by Orange County <br /> Purchasing in March 2014 for a caterer to provide the meals for Fiscal Year 2014-15 with an <br /> option of one year renewal. The bid selected was from Nantucket Grill, Inc., the current caterer. <br /> The cost per meal is $5.75. <br /> FINANCIAL IMPACT: The majority of the cost for the Senior Lunch Program is reimbursed by <br /> the NC Division of Aging and Adult Services. The balance of the funding is provided by Orange <br /> County and the Towns of Carrboro, Chapel Hill, and Hillsborough. These funds are included in <br /> the current operating budget. Donations are also collected from the participants. <br /> SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Social Justice Goal is applicable to this agenda <br /> item: <br /> GOAL: ENSURE ECONOMIC SELF-SUFFICIENCY <br /> The creation and preservation of infrastructure, policies, programs and funding necessary <br /> for residents to provide shelter, food, clothing and medical care for themselves and their <br /> dependents. <br /> The purpose of this program is to provide a nutritious noon meal to persons 60 years and older, <br /> targeting those individuals who are in the greatest social and economic need. <br /> RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board approve and authorize <br /> the County Manager to sign the Amendment and to approve any amendments or renewals of <br /> the contract. <br />