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| Meeting: Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 p.m. |
| Date: 02/10/2021 |
| Location: Kane County Water Conservancy office |
| Address: 725 East Kaneplex Drive; Kanab, Utah |
| Meeting: Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 p.m. |
| Date: 03/10/2021 |
| Location: Festival Hall |
| Address: 105 N. 100 E. Cedar City, UT |
| Meeting: Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 p.m. |
| Date: 04/14/2021 |
| Location: Beaver City Office Building; Conference Room #3 |
| Address: 30 W. 300 N. Beaver, UT |
| Meeting: Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 p.m |
| Date: 06/09/2021 |
| Location: Beaver City Office Building; Conference Room #3 |
| Address: 30 W. 300 N. Beaver, UT |
| Meeting: Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 p.m |
| Date: 08/18/2021 |
| Location: Garfield County Courthouse; Upstairs Conference Room |
| Address: 55 S. Main Street Panguitch, UT |
| Meeting: Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 p.m |
| Date: 10/13/2021 |
| Location: Iron County School District; Upstairs Multi-purpose Room |
| Address: 2077 W. Royal Hunte Dr. Cedar City, UT |
| Meeting: Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 p.m |
| Date: 11/10/2021 |
| Location: Five County AOG Office Bldg.; Large Conference Room |
| Address: 1070 W. 1600 South, Bldg. B, St. George, UT |
| Meeting: Steering Committee Meeting 1:30 p.m |
| Date: 12/10/2021 |
| Location: (Electronic meeting) Five County AOG Office Bldg. |
| Address: 1070 W. 1600 South, Bldg. B, St. George, UT |
| 2021-05-06 what the Five County AOG is about. | ||||||||||||
The Five County Association of Governments,
Community Action Partnership is pleased to invite your service agency to
apply for FY2022 descretionary Social Services Block Grant (SSBG) funding.
SSBG funds are made available to enable local agencies to furnish social
services best suited to meet the needs of the individuals residing within
their community. Such services for example, may be, but are not limited to:
daycare for children or adults, protective services for children or adults,
special services to persons with disabilities, adoption, case management,
health-related services, transportation, foster care for children or adults,
substance abuse, housing, home-delivered meals, independent/transitional
living, employment services, information and referral, or many other social
services found necessary by the State and local communities. For information on the SSBG process, you may contact Mr. Michael Day, Director of Community Action, at (435) 673-3548 extension 150, or e-mail Michael at mday@fivecounty.utah.gov Please use this LINK to make an application for SSBG funding.
There are currently two open positions
at the Five County Association of Governments.
The first position we are seeking to fill is for a Administrative Assistant/Accounting Technician. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, administrative support for the Aging programs to include: secretarial duties, processing of Medicaid and provider billings, support with program and fiscal reports, data entry, provider contracts, meeting minutes and other clerical/receptionist duties. This position is in our St. George main office. The second position is for a SSW Case Manager - Aging. The SSW Case Manager performs a variety of professional duties related to the administration of the Aging Waiver Medicaid, New Choice Waiver, Alternatives and Caregiver Support Programs. This includes, but is not limited to, intake, eligibility, assessment, care plan development, service coordination and maintenance of client files. Services are provided in a community setting, which may include client’s home, home of a loved one or caregiver, assisted living facility or other community setting. The position will also assist with information and referral, outreach, community events and training. This position is in our St. George main office. Click HERE to go to our Human Resources page to view the
complete job announcements and position descriptions, application
deadlines, as well as specific instructions on how to apply,
for these open positions.
The required Employment Application needs to be downloaded from that page. You can also contact our Human Resources Director Jennifer Wong (her contact info is on that page) for additional information.
This document is the Five County Association
of Governments contribution to the 2021 Utah Annual Action Plan assembled
by the State of Utah’s Housing and Community Development office, which
reports on Community Development Block Grant activities statewide.The Five County report for the 2021 Utah Annual Action Plan describes activities completed in the past year and offers the region an opportunity to review and update goals year to year. The progress made in the last year is complemented by an understanding of the expected funds for the upcoming fiscal year and a discussion of the projects to be rated and ranked in the coming year. Click HERE to view the approved document.
Each
year the Five County Association of Governments has
an independent audit of our organization conducted
by a qualified public auditing firm. The FY2020 Audit was
completed by the Certified Public Accounting firm of Hafen-Buckner
of St. George City, Utah and the report was presented to our
governing body, the Steering Committee, for acceptance, which
they did at their meeting on December 30, 2020. The FY2020 Audit Report is available for public review as a PDF scanned copy of by clicking on THIS LINK.
The Utah Counties Indemnity
Pool (UCIP) is our Association's "insurer". A
Fraud Tip Hotline has been established by UCIP, in cooperation
with Lighthouse Services, LLC. This service has been set up
for UCIP members, such as the Five County Association of Governments,
in order to provide their staff and citizens with easy access to
report fraud, and keep government open and honest.Fraud tips can be submitted four ways: Website: www.lighthouse-services.com/uciputah (available in English or Spanish) Toll-Free Telephone: • English – (877) 410-0007 • Spanish – (800) 216-1288 E-mail: reports@lighthouse-services.com (must include our Association's name with report) Fax: (215) 689-3885 (must include our Association's name with report)
The
Home Energy Assistance Target program, known as H.E.A.T.,
is a federally-funded energy assistance program.
The goal of the program is to assist eligible individuals
and families meet the higher costs of energy during the
winter and summer. The program typically runs from
November 1 through September 30. The Five County
HEAT Program office in St. George provides assistance
throughout the year (heating and cooling) for eligible clients
in eligible areas. Because H.E.A.T. provides assistance ONCE
every program season, it is important that families and individuals
do all they can to keep their utility bills current and to conserve
energy.Click HERE to go to the HEAT Program web page. The
HEAT office in St. George is located at
1664 South Dixie Drive, Unit L-104. It is located in
the same building unit as, and in between of, Sienna Pharmacy
and the Park Law Firm. Click HERE for a Map to
the St. George location. The office
in Cedar City is loacted at 2069 N. Main Street, Suite L103, Cedar
City, Utah.
A provision from the tax cut legislation
passed by by Congress in 2017 may have
positive economic impacts in southwestern Utah,
with investors incentivized to develop businesses
in some of the area’s lowest-income neighborhoods.
Large swaths of Washington, Iron, Beaver and Garfield
counties are among the places across Utah identified this
summer as federally-recognized “Opportunity Zones”
— areas designated where investors can avoid
some taxes in exchange for funding new development.
The hope is that development creates jobs, reduces poverty and sets the groundwork for further economic growth in areas largely being left behind by the state's overall job growth. This region, including even fast-growing Washington County, still ranks overall as a distressed regional economy, based on federal guidelines, thanks to low wages and a limited mix of businesses. Click HERE to go to view a PDF map of this region's Opportunity Zone areas. Click HERE to go to a web page with an interactive map of the nation that you can view all Opportunity Zones.
A update to the regional Multi-jurisdictional
Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan is being developed by the Five
County Association of Governments' staff in collaboration
with all of the cities and towns, and the five counties
in this region. The Plan update will include information regarding
the type, location and extent potential and regularly occurring
hazards in the Five County area and also includes information
on previous occurrences of hazard events and the likelihood
of a future natural hazard events. This update is being done through a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As has been the case with the current plan (that is being updated) FEMA completed a review of the current Plan and approved it in 2017. The current 5-year Plan is valid until early 2022. This new Plan update will become effective once completed, approved by FEMA and adopted by the jurisdictions in this region. The updated Plan, once adopted will be valid from early 2022 through 2027. If there are any questions on the Plan update, please contact Ms. Alyssa Gamble, Community Planner, at (435) 673-3548 ext. 117, or via e-mail to agamble@fivecounty.utah.gov Click on this link: https://hazardmitigationplan.org to go to the special web site developed to present the Plan to the cities, towns, counties and the public.
The popular Community Services
Resource Directory for southwestern Utah is available.
The Directory, published with Community Services
Block Grant funding, is distributed through the Community
Action Partnership of the Five County Association of Governments.
While the Directory is targeted primarily to the under
served population, many services apply to all levels of income
and need. The Directory is available to view online or
may be purchased. To view the Directory, please visit the H.E.A.T. and Community Action website at this link: http://fivecountycap.wordpress.com
The updated Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) document for the Five County Association
of Governments economic development region
was submitted to U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
Denver Region and was approved by that federal agency. For more information on the CEDS document,
please contact Bryan Thiriot, Executive Director,
Five County Association of Governments, via e-mail:
bthiriot@fivecounty.utah.gov
or by telephone: (435) 673-3548.
The Five County Association of Governments
has a Revolving Loan Fund. The purpose
of the Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) is to create
permanent, long-term jobs within the southwestern region
of Utah by providing gap financing to qualified businesses
for eligible activities. Loans made through the
Revolving Loan Fund are intended to help bridge the gap created
by shortfalls in commercial financing. Funds are repaid into
the program and recycled to other businesses, thus allowing
an on-going job creation program. Funds are available in Beaver,
Garfield, Iron, Kane and Washington County, Utah.
The Five County Microloan Program focuses on loans of $50,000 or less. The importance of these loans lies in their ability to offset the difficulty that businesses experience in receiving traditional bank financing. If a business loan candidate needs more than $50,000 they are encouraged to apply through the regular Five County Revolving Loan Fund which can provide gap financing in conjunction with a primary commercial lender. In most circumstances we can fund up to 50% of an eligible business capital need with up to approximately $200,000 of RLF fund participation. To
find out more about these two loan funds,
please contact Garz Zabriskie, Director of Community
and Economic Development at: gzabriskie@fivecounty.utah.gov , or
phone (435) 673-3548 ext. 126
As required
by Utah Code the Five County Association
of Governments publishes all of its public meetings
on the "Utah Public
Meeting Notice" (UPMN) web site.
You can search for
our meetings by date or subject keyword.
To locate all of the meeting announcement postings
published on the UPMN site by the Five County Association
of Governments you can use this link and use the "Advanced Search"
tab. You will need to
type in the word five into the
"Entity"
box, highlight the "Five County Association of Governments" link that
comes up, select a date range you want to view and then click on the "Submit" button. It
will then show all upcoming meetings scheduled
by the Five County AOG in the date range you
selected.
Alternatively, you
can use this LINK, choose to Find a Notice, and
select "Associations
of Governments"
for Government type, choose "Five County Association of
Governments" for the Entity, and
you will see the Public Body list with links
to each of them.
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| 2021-05-04 what the Five County AOG is about. | ||||||||||||
The next meeting of the Dixie Metropolitan Planning Organization's Dixie
Transportation Advisory Committee (DTAC) will be held on Wednesday, May 5,
2021. The meeting is scheduled to begin at 1:00 p.m. and will be held
at the Five County Association of Governments Office (Conference Room), located
at 1070 West 1600 South, Building B, St. George, Utah (Tonaquint Center High-Tech
Business Park). The meeting is also available electronically via a GoToMeeting
videoconference. The meeting is open to the public. Click HERE for
a map to the meeting.Click HERE to view the May 5, 2021 meeting agenda, as well as the previous meeting's draft minutes, as posted on the Utah Public Meeting Notice website. You can join the meeting from your computer, tablet or smartphone at this link: https://global.gotomeeting.com/join/118696069 You can also dial in using your phone by calling +1 (872) 240-3412 and entering access code 118-696-069 Click HERE to visit the Dixie MPO's website.
There are currently two open positions
at the Five County Association of Governments.
The first position we are seeking to fill is for a Administrative Assistant/Accounting Technician. Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, administrative support for the Aging programs to include: secretarial duties, processing of Medicaid and provider billings, support with program and fiscal reports, data entry, provider contracts, meeting minutes and other clerical/receptionist duties. This position is in our St. George main office. The second position is for a SSW Case Manager - Aging. The SSW Case Manager performs a variety of professional duties related to the administration of the Aging Waiver Medicaid, New Choice Waiver, Alternatives and Caregiver Support Programs. This includes, but is not limited to, intake, eligibility, assessment, care plan development, service coordination and maintenance of client files. Services are provided in a community setting, which may include client’s home, home of a loved one or caregiver, assisted living facility or other community setting. The position will also assist with information and referral, outreach, community events and training. This position is in our St. George main office. Click HERE to go to our Human Resources page to view the
complete job announcements and position descriptions, application
deadlines, as well as specific instructions on how to apply,
for these open positions.
The required Employment Application needs to be downloaded from that page. You can also contact our Human Resources Director Jennifer Wong (her contact info is on that page) for additional information.
This document is the Five County Association
of Governments contribution to the 2021 Utah Annual Action Plan assembled
by the State of Utah’s Housing and Community Development office, which
reports on Community Development Block Grant activities statewide.The Five County report for the 2021 Utah Annual Action Plan describes activities completed in the past year and offers the region an opportunity to review and update goals year to year. The progress made in the last year is complemented by an understanding of the expected funds for the upcoming fiscal year and a discussion of the projects to be rated and ranked in the coming year. Click HERE to view the approved document.
Each
year the Five County Association of Governments has
an independent audit of our organization conducted by
a qualified public auditing firm. The FY2020 Audit was completed
by the Certified Public Accounting firm of Hafen-Buckner
of St. George City, Utah and the report was presented to our
governing body, the Steering Committee, for acceptance, which
they did at their meeting on December 30, 2020. The FY2020 Audit Report is available for public review as a PDF scanned copy of by clicking on THIS LINK.
The Five County Association
of Governments and Southwest Area Agency on Aging remains
open for business during the pandemic. However, because we
service the most vulnerable populations, we have taken some
precautions. Wherever possible, our staff is conducting
business over the telephone and via email. In-person
meetings will take place by appointment only. We are
open to provide services to the public, and our office doors are
open. We ask that you call ahead to make an appointment to meet with the appropriate staff person. Walk-ins without an appointment may be asked to return at a later time after an appointment is set up. Please visit our various program websites for more information. We look forward to continue to provide excellent service to the people in Washington, Iron, Beaver, Kane, and Garfield Counties. Please call 435-673-3548 to set up an appointment, or have someone contact you. Please give enough information so the receptionist who answers your call, or receives your voicemail message, knows who to direct it to. You should receive a response within one business day.
The Utah Counties Indemnity Pool
(UCIP) is our Association's "insurer". A Fraud
Tip Hotline has been established by UCIP, in cooperation with
Lighthouse Services, LLC. This service has been set up for UCIP
members, such as the Five County Association of Governments,
in order to provide their staff and citizens with easy access to
report fraud, and keep government open and honest.Fraud tips can be submitted four ways: Website: www.lighthouse-services.com/uciputah (available in English or Spanish) Toll-Free Telephone: • English – (877) 410-0007 • Spanish – (800) 216-1288 E-mail: reports@lighthouse-services.com (must include our Association's name with report) Fax: (215) 689-3885 (must include our Association's name with report)
The
Home Energy Assistance Target program, known as H.E.A.T.,
is a federally-funded energy assistance program. The
goal of the program is to assist eligible individuals and
families meet the higher costs of energy during the winter
and summer. The program typically runs from November
1 through September 30. The Five County HEAT Program
office in St. George provides assistance throughout the
year (heating and cooling) for eligible clients in eligible
areas. Because H.E.A.T. provides assistance ONCE every program
season, it is important that families and individuals do all
they can to keep their utility bills current and to conserve
energy.Click HERE to go to the HEAT Program web page. The
HEAT office in St. George is located at
1664 South Dixie Drive, Unit L-104. It is located in
the same building unit as, and in between of, Sienna Pharmacy
and the Park Law Firm. Click HERE for a Map to
the St. George location. The office
in Cedar City is loacted at 2069 N. Main Street, Suite L103, Cedar City,
Utah.
A provision from the tax cut legislation
passed by by Congress in 2017 may have positive
economic impacts in southwestern Utah, with
investors incentivized to develop businesses in some
of the area’s lowest-income neighborhoods. Large
swaths of Washington, Iron, Beaver and Garfield counties
are among the places across Utah identified this summer
as federally-recognized “Opportunity Zones”
— areas designated where investors can avoid
some taxes in exchange for funding new development.
The hope is that development creates jobs, reduces poverty and sets the groundwork for further economic growth in areas largely being left behind by the state's overall job growth. This region, including even fast-growing Washington County, still ranks overall as a distressed regional economy, based on federal guidelines, thanks to low wages and a limited mix of businesses. Click HERE to go to view a PDF map of this region's Opportunity Zone areas. Click HERE to go to a web page with an interactive map of the nation that you can view all Opportunity Zones.
A update to the regional Multi-jurisdictional
Natural Hazard Mitigation Plan is being developed by the Five
County Association of Governments' staff in collaboration
with all of the cities and towns, and the five counties
in this region. The Plan update will include information
regarding the type, location and extent potential and regularly
occurring hazards in the Five County area and also includes
information on previous occurrences of hazard events and
the likelihood of a future natural hazard events. This update is being done through a grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA). As has been the case with the current plan (that is being updated) FEMA completed a review of the current Plan and approved it in 2017. The current 5-year Plan is valid until early 2022. This new Plan update will become effective once completed, approved by FEMA and adopted by the jurisdictions in this region. The updated Plan, once adopted will be valid from early 2022 through 2027. If there are any questions on the Plan update, please contact Five County Community Planner Alyssa Gamble, at (435) 673-3548 ext. 117, or via e-mail to agamble@fivecounty.utah.gov Click on this link: https://hazardmitigationplan.org to go to the special web site developed to present the Plan to the cities, towns, counties and the public.
The popular Community Services
Resource Directory for southwestern Utah is available.
The Directory, published with Community Services
Block Grant funding, is distributed through the Community
Action Partnership of the Five County Association of Governments.
While the Directory is targeted primarily to the under
served population, many services apply to all levels of income
and need. The Directory is available to view online or may
be purchased. To view the Directory, please visit the H.E.A.T. and Community Action website at this link: http://fivecountycap.wordpress.com
The updated Comprehensive
Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) document for the Five County Association
of Governments economic development region
was submitted to U.S. Department of Commerce, Economic Development Administration
Denver Region and was approved by that federal agency. For more information on the CEDS document,
please contact Bryan Thiriot, Executive Director,
Five County Association of Governments, via e-mail:
bthiriot@fivecounty.utah.gov
or by telephone: (435) 673-3548.
The Five County Association of Governments
has a Revolving Loan Fund. The purpose of
the Revolving Loan Fund (RLF) is to create permanent,
long-term jobs within the southwestern region of
Utah by providing gap financing to qualified businesses
for eligible activities. Loans made through the Revolving
Loan Fund are intended to help bridge the gap created by
shortfalls in commercial financing. Funds are repaid into the
program and recycled to other businesses, thus allowing an on-going
job creation program. Funds are available in Beaver, Garfield,
Iron, Kane and Washington County, Utah.
The Five County Microloan Program focuses on loans of $50,000 or less. The importance of these loans lies in their ability to offset the difficulty that businesses experience in receiving traditional bank financing. If a business loan candidate needs more than $50,000 they are encouraged to apply through the regular Five County Revolving Loan Fund which can provide gap financing in conjunction with a primary commercial lender. In most circumstances we can fund up to 50% of an eligible business capital need with up to approximately $200,000 of RLF fund participation. To
find out more about these two loan funds,
please contact Garz Zabriskie, Director of
Community and Economic Development at: gzabriskie@fivecounty.utah.gov , or
phone (435) 673-3548 ext. 126
As required
by Utah Code the Five County Association of
Governments publishes all of its public meetings
on the "Utah Public Meeting
Notice" (UPMN) web site.
You can search for
our meetings by date or subject keyword.
To locate all of the meeting announcement postings
published on the UPMN site by the Five County Association
of Governments you can use this link and use the "Advanced Search"
tab. You will need to
type in the word five into the "Entity" box, highlight
the "Five County Association of Governments" link that comes up, select
a date range you want to view and then click on the "Submit" button. It
will then show all upcoming meetings scheduled
by the Five County AOG in the date range you selected.
Alternatively, you
can use this LINK, choose to Find a Notice, and
select "Associations
of Governments" for
Government type, choose "Five County Association of
Governments" for the Entity, and
you will see the Public Body list with links to
each of them.
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| Click Here for more Info on what the Five County AOG is about. |
