To: Martin L. Cousineau, Finance Committee Chairperson
From: Pamela Coleman, GCCARD Director
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RE: Approval of a request to Approve a purchase order to Oliver Packaging for Fiscal Year 2026, in an amount not to exceed $74,800.00
recommendation
BOARD ACTION REQUESTED:
The Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) requests authorization from this committee to approve a purchase order (PO) for Oliver Packaging not to exceed $74,800.00 for the 2026 Fiscal Year (FY26) for the purchase of food packaging supplies for the Nutrition Services, Head Start, and Early Head Start programs, with a recommendation of approval by the full Genesee County Board of Commissioners at their next regularly scheduled meeting.
BACKGROUND:
Meals provided to Genesee County seniors and school-age children are delivered in single-use trays, both paper and plastic. Through our rental agreement with Oliver Packaging, the film and single-use trays are provided free of charge and are proprietary to the rented machinery.
DISCUSSION:
This purchase order will run from October 01, 2025, to September 30, 2026, and is to be utilized by GCCARD’s Nutrition Services program to provide healthy meals to Genesee County seniors and school-age children.
IMPACT ON HUMAN RESOURCES:
There will be no impact on Human Resources.
IMPACT ON BUDGET:
Funds assigned to this PO will be allocated as follows: Fund number 2731-697.03-765.000 for $800.00, fund number 2731-697.14-765.000 for $3,000.00, fund number 2731-697.15-765.000 for $25,000.00, fund number 2733-697.15-765.000 for $41,500.00, fund number 2734-697.20-765.000 for $1,000.00, and fund number 2736-697.28-765.000 for $3,500.00. No General Fund dollars are being requested.
IMPACT ON FACILITIES:
There will be no impact on facilities.
IMPACT ON TECHNOLOGY:
There will be no impact on technology.
CONFORMITY TO COUNTY PRIORITIES:
This memorandum conforms to Genesee County’s priority of Healthy, Livable & Safe Communities by ensuring access to supplies necessary to provide seniors and school-age children in Genesee County with healthy meals.
resolution
TO THE HONORABLE CHAIRPERSON AND MEMBERS OF THE GENESEE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS, GENESEE COUNTY, MICHIGAN
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN:
BE IT RESOLVED, by this Board of County Commissioners of Genesee County, Michigan, that the request by the Director of the Genesee County Community Action Resource Department (GCCARD) to authorize an expenditure, in the form of a Purchase Order, to Oliver Packaging to purchase food packaging supplies for Fiscal Year 2026, in an amount not to exceed $74,800.00 to be paid from account 2731-697.03-765.000 ($800.00), account 2731-697.14-765.000 ($3,000.00), account 2731-697.15-765.000 ($25,000.00), account 2733-697.15-765.000 ($41,500.00), account 2734-697.20-765.000 ($1,000.00), and account 2736-697.28-765.000 ($3,500.00), is approved (a copy of the memorandum request being on file with the official records of the October 8, 2025 meeting of the Finance Committee of this Board).