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AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT is between the City of Oshkosh, a Wisconsin municipal corporation, herein referred to
as "CITY”, and Rebuilding Together, 2416 Industrial Drive Unit E, Neenah WI 54956, a Wisconsin non-
profit corporation, herein referred to as "SUBRECIPIENT".
I. GENERAL DESCRIPTION
a. The City has received funding from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
Development (HUD) under the Title I Community Development Block Grant (CDBG)
Program, to undertake projects and activities as indicated in the City's Final Statement of
Community Development Objectives and Projected Use of Funds. The activity set forth in
this Agreement's Scope of Services is one of the said activities and it is the responsibility of
the subrecipient to carry out the activities in compliance with this Agreement and other
applicable regulations referred to herein.
b. The City will review public service organizations funded in order to evaluate subrecipient
performance to ensure that the scope of services a subrecipient stated that it would perform
in its application was being carried out in accordance with applicable laws and regulations
and to provide technical assistance.
c. The City will make payments on a reimbursement basis to the subrecipient after written
requests for payment has been made with attached documentation supporting such requests.
d. Funding under this Agreement shall be paid with 2025 Community Development Block
Grant (CDBG) funds. Should the City not receive said funds, this Agreement shall be null
and void. If a portion of the CDBG funds are rescinded by Congress, the contract amount in
Article V (A) of this Agreement will be reduced by the same percentage that is rescinded
from the City's CDBG Program by Congress or HUD, or as determined by the City in
accordance with applicable HUD regulations.
II. SCOPE OF SERVICES
a. The subrecipient shall:
Provide funding to subsidize mobility renovations for elderly or disabled individuals.
i. Provide said services in accordance with the objectives outlined in the subrecipient's
application to the city for Oshkosh residents only.
ii. The provision of services are dependent upon funding. In the event funding received
by the City is less than anticipated, the parties shall negotiate in good faith to
determine the reduced scope of services to be provided through this Agreement.
b. Said services shall commence on or about January 1, 2026 and shall be completed by
December 31, 2026.
c. The subrecipient certifies that the activities carried out with the funds provided under this
Agreement will meet one or more of the CDBG program's National Objectives: 1) benefit to
low and moderate income (LMI) persons; 2) aid in the prevention or elimination of slums or
blight; and 3) meet a need having a particular urgency (as defined in 24 CFR Part 570.208).
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III. REPORTING REQUIREMENTS/RECORDS
a. The subrecipient shall provide performance reports to the City by May 15, 2026 and January
15, 2027 with corresponding invoices. A template for the reporting will be provided to the
subrecipient and shall include, at a minimum, the following information:
i. Amount of CDBG funds expended and additional funds leveraged for program
ii. Type and amount of services provided
iii. Number of total clients
iv. Number of elderly (definition: 62 years old) and disabled (Has a physical or mental
v. impairment that substantially limits one or more major life activities, has a record of
such impairment and Is regarded as having such an impairment) households
vi. Number of low/moderate income persons assisted (only necessary if not elderly or
disabled)
vii. Number of very low income persons assisted (only necessary if not elderly or
disabled)
viii. Number of extremely low income persons (only necessary if not elderly or disabled)
ix. Number of households assisted based on one of the following race categories: White,
Black/African American, Asian, American Indian/Alaskan Native, Native
Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander, American Indian/Alaskan Native & White, Asian &
White, Black/African American & White, American Indian/Alaskan Native &
Black/African American, or Other
x. Number of Hispanic households assisted per each of the above race categories
xi. Number of female headed households assisted
xii. Progress towards program goals (outcome statement)\
xiii. Records necessary to substantiate these reports shall be kept on file at the
subrecipient’s office and shall include all documents, computer records and reports
associated with this agreement.
xiv. The subrecipient must use SAVE, or an equivalent verification system approved by
the Federal government, to prevent any Federal public benefit from being provided to
an ineligible alien who entered the United States illegally or is otherwise unlawfully
present in the United States.
b. Maintain a separate financial account for CDBG funds which shows all receipts, including
program income, and disbursements. All disbursements shall have documentation that
substantiates that costs incurred and paid from the CDBG account are reasonable, allowable,
and allocable per applicable Federal cost principles. Program income, as defined at 24 CFR
570.500 (a), shall be reported to the City quarterly. The subrecipient may use program
income for activities specified in this agreement, but shall reduce subsequent requests for
funds under this agreement by the amount of the program income received. Any unused
program income shall be returned to the City at the end of the agreement period.
c. Provide the City with a copy of an agency audit, conducted in accordance with 2 CFR Part
200, as applicable, for any fiscal year CDBG funds were received under this Agreement.
d. All records required under this Agreement shall be retained for seven (7) years after
completion of the project, or after all pending matters relative to this Agreement are closed
per the General Records Schedule for Municipal and Related Records which the City’s
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policy is consistent with. Alternatively, the SUBRECIPIENT may provide the CITY with
complete and accurate copies of all records related to this Agreement, along with an
Affidavit signed under oath verifying that all records have been transferred to the CITY.
e. The subrecipient agrees to provide access to the City, HUD, the Comptroller General of the
United States, or any of their duly authorized representatives to any books, documents,
papers and records which are directly pertinent to this Agreement for the purposes of making
audit, examination, excerpts and transcriptions.
f. The City as a governmental body is subject to applicable open records statutes. Public
records laws may apply in some circumstances to certain records created and retained by the
City’s consultants and contractors. The SUBRECIPIENT agrees to fully cooperate with the
City related to open records requests related to this Agreement.
IV. STANDARD PROVISIONS
a. The subrecipient agrees in all hiring or employment made possible by or resulting from this
Agreement, there (1) will not be any discrimination against any employee or applicant for
employment because of race, color, sex orientation, religion, sex or national origin or gender
identity; and (2) affirmative action will be taken to ensure that applicants are employed and
that employees are treated during employment without regard to their race, color, religion,
sex orientation, sex or national origin or gender identity.
i. This requirement shall apply to, but not be limited to the following: employment,
upgrading, demotion or transfer, recruitment or recruitment advertising, lay-off or
termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation, and selection for training,
including apprenticeship. There shall be posted, in conspicuous places available to
employees and applicants for employment, notices required or to be provided by
Federal or State agencies involved setting forth the provisions of the clause. All
solicitations or advertisements for employees shall state that all qualified applicants
will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex
orientation, sex or national origin or gender identity.
b. The subrecipient will make a good faith effort to use minority and women-owned businesses
in procurement of supplies, and upon request of the City, must provide satisfactory evidence
of such effort. Additionally, the subrecipient agrees to provide the City with the name(s) and
contract amount(s) of all minority and women-owned businesses awarded contracts on the
project.
c. If the proceeds used under this Agreement result in book or other copyrightable materials,
the author is free to copyright the work, but the appropriate Federal agency involved reserves
a royalty-free non-exclusive and irrevocable license to reproduce, publish or otherwise use,
and to authorize others to use all copyrighted material and all materials which can be
copyrighted.
d. Any discovery or invention arising out of or developed in the course of work aided by this
Agreement shall be promptly and fully reported to the appropriate Federal agency involved
for determination by it as to whether patent protection on such invention or discovery shall
be sought and how the rights in the invention or discovery, including rights under any patent
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issued thereupon, shall be disposed of and administered, in order to protect the public
interest.
e. The subrecipient agrees to comply with all applicable standards, orders, or requirements
issued under:
f. Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C., 7401 et seq.
g. Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1251, et seq., as amended, 1318
relating to inspection, monitoring, entry, reports, and information, as well as other
requirements specified in said Section 14 and Section 308, and all regulations and guidelines
issued there under.
h. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations pursuant to 40 CFR, Part 50, as
amended.
i. The subrecipient agrees to comply with mandatory standards and policies relating to energy
efficiency, which are contained in the State Energy Conservation Plan.
j. No officer, employee or agent of the City who exercises any functions or responsibilities in
the review or approval, or the carrying out of responsibilities, to which this Agreement
pertains, shall have any personal interest, direct or indirect, in this Agreement.
k. Incorporated by reference herein are OMB Circulars A-21, A-122 and A-133, as applicable,
and 2 CFR Part 200.
V. PAYMENT FOR SERVICES
a. Contract Amount
i. The subrecipient shall perform all work under this Agreement for an amount to be
determined by the City per (I) (B) of this Agreement, but not to exceed TWENTY-
ONE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($21,000).
b. Method Of Payment
i. Funds will be released upon receipt of proper invoice to the City by May 15, 2026
and January 15, 2027, verifying eligible expenses actually incurred by the
subrecipient with attached documentation supporting such requests, and approved by
the City.
VI. LEAD BASED PAINT REQUIRMENTS
a. The Subrecipient must comply with HUD’s Lead Safe Housing Rule (24 CDBG Part 35) and
EPA’s Lead Renovation, Repair and Painting Program Rule (40 CFR Part 745). These rules
apply to all pre-1978 housing units assisted with CDBG funds, including single and multi-
family units, whether publicly or privately owned.
VII. SUSPENSION AND TERMINATION
a. When the subrecipient has failed to comply with the terms, conditions or standards of this
Agreement or applicable HUD regulations, the City may, on reasonable notice to the
subrecipient, suspend the Agreement and withhold further payments and/or prohibit the
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subrecipient from incurring additional obligations of funds, pending corrective action by
subrecipient, or a decision to terminate in accordance with paragraph B below.
b. This Agreement may be terminated for cause or convenience.
TERMINATION FOR CAUSE: The City may terminate this Agreement at any time before the date
of completion, whenever it is determined that the subrecipient has failed to comply with the
conditions of this Agreement. The City shall promptly notify the subrecipient in writing of the
determination and the reasons for the termination, together with the effective date. Payments made
to the subrecipient or recoveries by the City in the event this Agreement is terminated for cause,
shall be in accordance with the legal rights and liabilities of the parties. In the event there is probable
cause to believe the subrecipient is in noncompliance with any applicable rules or regulations, the
City may withhold up to fifteen (15) percent of funds subject to this agreement until such time the
subrecipient is found to be in compliance by the City, or otherwise adjudicated to be in compliance.
Payments made pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall not prevent the City’s ability to seek
the return or reimbursement of funds paid pursuant to any available legal theory.
TERMINATION FOR CONVENIENCE: This Agreement may be terminated without cause upon
the terminating party providing sixty (60) days written notice. The party terminating the Agreement
shall provide the specific date in which the Agreement will end. The subrecipient shall not incur
new obligations for the terminated portion after the effective date, and shall cancel as many
outstanding obligations as possible. The City shall allow full credit to the subrecipient for any
noncancellable obligations properly incurred by the subrecipient prior to termination.
The parties shall promptly settle the terminated grant and execute a written amendment upon
settlement, which sets forth the terms and conditions of the settlement Agreement.
VIII. SUBRECIPIENT AUDIT REVIEW [2 Part 200.33.2(d)(4)]
a. Provide the City with a copy of an agency audit, conducted in accordance with 2 CFR Par
200, as applicable, for any fiscal year CDBG funds were received under this Agreement per
the City’s Internal Control and Accountability of CDBG Funds – Subrecipients policy.
IX. PROCUREMENT STANDARDS [2 CFR 200.318]
a. The City’s Purchasing Policy Handbook conforms to 2 CFR 200.318 general procurement
standards and maintains oversight on contractor’s performance.
X. PROGRAM INCOME
a. Maintain a separate financial account for CDBG funds which shows all receipts, including
program income, and disbursements. All disbursements shall have documentation that
substantiates that costs incurred and paid from the CDBG account are reasonable, allowable,
and allocable per applicable Federal cost principals. Program income, as defined at 24 CFR
570.500 (a), shall be reported to the City quarterly. The subrecipient may use program
income for activities specified in this agreement, but shall reduce subsequent requests for
funds under this agreement by the amount of the program income received. Any unused
program income shall be returned to the City at the end of the agreement period.
XI. REVERSION OF ASSETS
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a. The subrecipient agrees to transfer back to the City any CDBG funds and accounts receivable
attributable to the use of CDBG funds on hand at time of expiration of this Agreement. The
subrecipient further agrees that any real property under the subrecipient's control that was acquired
or improved in whole or in part with CDBG funds in excess of $25,000 is either:
Used to meet one of the national objectives in CFR 570.208 until five years after expiration of this
Agreement, or such longer period of time as determined appropriate by the City; or
Is disposed of in a manner which results in the City being reimbursed in the amount of the current
fair market value of the property less any portion thereof attributable to expenditures of non-CDBG
funds for acquisition of, or improvement to, the property. Such reimbursement is not required after
the period of time specified in accordance with A above.
XII. AMENDMENTS
a. This Agreement may be amended at any time by a written modification mutually agreeable
to both parties hereto.
XIII. EMINENT DOMAIN
a. The City ensures that no CDBG funds are used to support any Federal, State, or local
projects that seek to use the power of eminent domain.
XIV. INDEMNIFICATION
a. The subrecipient agrees to and does hereby hold the City harmless and does hereby
indemnify the City against any claims or demands of any person or legal entity arising by
reason of this Agreement.
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This Agreement is made December 5, 2026 and is specifically binding upon the parties hereto.
REBUILDING TOGETHER
SIGNATURE: ______________________________
PRINTED NAME: Chip Wood______________________
TITLE [Head of Organization contact]: _Executive Director_________
SIGNATURE: ______________________________
PRINTED NAME: _Chip Wood__________________________
TITLE [Financial Contact]: _Executive Director______________
CITY OF OSHKOSH
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Rebecca Grill, City Manager
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Darla Salinas, City Clerk
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Julie Calmes, Finance Director
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Lynn Lorenson, City Attorney
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