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RECENED AUG 3 1 2004 CASS COUNTY COMMISSION Agenda Item #5.c. MEMORANDUM To: From: Re: Date: Cass County Social Service Board Kathy Hogan Joint Powers Agreement and Funding August 30, 2004 Last March the Board approved a proposal to participate in an intergovernmental effort to recruit and train interpreters and the use of $7,000 in federal funds as the Cass County share of this project. The city of Fargo has agreed to host and manage this project. The attached joint powers agreement has been placed on the consent agenda for the Commission meeting on September 7, 2004 as this service will be available to all Cass County Departments. The federal funding source for this project is our current Refugee Interpreter grant which ends on September 30, 2004. It is projected that we will have an additional $3,000 available from this year's grant; therefore, we would like to fully fund the Cass County share of this project for this year from the current grant. Proposed motion 1: I move the approval of the Joint Powers Agreement to establish a public sector recruitment and training program for translators. Proposed motion 2: I move the approval of an additional $3,000 from the Refugee Interpreter grant to be used for the Interagency Interpreter project.