Council approves transitional funding for Catholic Community Services to assume operations at Good Neighbor Alliance

At its regular meeting on Thursday, the Sierra Vista City Council approved a contract with Catholic Community Services (CCS) to provide transitional funding to the nonprofit while it assumes operations at Good Neighbor Alliance (GNA).

The Council-approved resolution is for a two-year funding agreement capped at $301,898. The funding will be distributed over three fiscal years.

“I’m very impressed with Catholic Community Services’ plan to expand resources at Good Neighbor Alliance when they take over operation of the facility,” Sierra Vista Mayor Clea McCaa says. “Homelessness is a citywide concern, which is why Council voted to approve gap funding and seed money for Catholic Community Services during this transitional period.”

CCS conservatively projects that its revenue streams will allow the nonprofit to fully fund GNA within the contract period. If revenue exceeds the projections in the agreement, the amount of transitional funding from the City will be scaled back proportionately.

Without this agreement, it was projected that GNA would likely have had to close on Feb. 1, 2025.

In other business:

  • Re-elected Council Member Angelica Landry and newly elected Council Members Faye Jackson and David Jones were ceremonially sworn into office.
  • Council voted to re-appoint Council Member Carolyn Umphrey to the position of Mayor Pro Tem.
  • Council voted to accept the resignation of David Jones from the Environmental Stewardship Commission, and to appoint K.D. Preble and Kurt Schomaker to the Parks and Recreation Commission.
  • Council voted to amend a resolution regarding the Industrial Development Authority’s issuance of one of its Education Facility Revenue Bonds. As with other IDA bonds, the City of Sierra Vista and the IDA incur no financial liability.
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