Approving an Agreement Extending the St. Joseph County Housing Consortium

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(e) Accept grants and gifts from Consortium Members, the United States of America, the State of Indiana, other units of general government, and from any unit, private corporation, partnership, association or individual. No gift or grant may be accepted from any individual receiving services or from any member of the South Bend Department of Community Investment staff, unless such gift comports with City of South Bend Executive Order 1 -2014 and and /or any amendment to Executive Order 1 -2014. Further, any grant or gift received by the Consortium shall be transferred for deposit in the St. Joseph County Housing Consortium Checking Account; and (f) Exercise all powers which now or hereafter may be conferred by law upon the Consortium for purposes of carrying out the purposes of this Agreement. 3. FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY Financial and fiscal responsibility for all funds received and administered in connection with this Agreement, shall, on a day -today basis, be vested in the Lead Entity the City of South Bend Department of Community Investment and /or the City of South Bend's Controller. The Department of Community Investment and /or the South Bend Controller shall be responsible for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of all Consortium funds. 4. EXPANSION OF CONSORTIUM During the term of this Agreement, any other unit of general local government contiguous to South Bend, Mishawaka, and /or St. Joseph County, may petition the Housing Consortium to join, and thereby expand the Consortium. Such petition shall be signed by the chief elected official of the petitioning governmental unit and shall demonstrate the interest, desire, and commitment of that governmental unit to participate in and further, affirmatively, the purposes of the Consortium. The Consortium shall consider and vote on such petition at a regular or special Consortium meeting. Upon the unanimous vote of the current Consortium membership approving such a petition, the Consortium shall direct the petitioning governmental unit to seek the adoption of a resolution by its governing body, resolving to join the Consortium and authorizing the chief elected official of the petitioning governmental unit to execute and join the Agreement. The membership of the Consortium shall be expanded automatically, from time to time, by the addition of contiguous units of general local government, as they are accepted for membership upon petition and resolution as provided herein; provided, however, that the expansion of Consortium membership shall have no effect upon the designation of South Bend herein as representative member of the -5-