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HEATING SHUT-OFF LOAN PROGRAM CONTRACT -(the "Grant Contract") <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the State of Ohio's moratorium on utility heating shut-offs <br />expired April l, 1983; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, THE Council of the City of Lakewood, Ohio (the "City") has <br />determined by the enactment of an ordinance that: (a) an emergency exists <br />since economically needy residents of the City will suffer serious, perhaps <br />even fatal, health problems due to their inability to pay service utility <br />charges in order to prevent a shut-off of or restoration of their heating <br />utility service, (bD it is a proper municipal public purpose for the City <br />to award a grant of $10,000 to the Lakewood Commission on Aging (the "Grantee"D <br />for the purpose of allowing the Grantee to administer a program of non-interest <br />bearing loans to such economically needy residents of the City to prevent the <br />shut-off or to restore their heating utility services, and (cD the City's <br />Mayor is authorized to award such grant by the execution of this Grant <br />Contract, subject to the Grantee's acceptance of the terms and conditions <br />of this Grant Contract; <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the Grantee is willing to and the undersigned officer of the <br />Grantee has been duly authorized to accept the terms and conditions of <br />this Grant Contract, <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE IT IS MUTUALLY AGREED AS FOLLOWS: <br /> <br />Section 1. Definition of Eligible Person. <br /> <br /> (A) As used in this Grant Contract an "Eligible Person" shall mean <br />any person who: <br /> <br />(1) Is a resident of the City who occupies as his or her <br />residence the premises for which the heating utility service <br />charges are due and payable. <br /> <br />(2D Has had his or her heating utility service shut-off or <br />has received notice that such heating utility service will <br />be shut-off or discontinued because of lack of payment. <br /> <br />(3) Is a responsible member of a household which contains <br />one or more individuals who are related and are receiving <br />or are eligible to receive: (iD aid for dependent children, <br />(ii) social security insurance benefits, (iii) food stamps, <br />(iv) poor relief payments through Cuyahoga County, or (v) <br />that the incomes for 1982 of members of the household, when <br />aggregated, did not exceed the amount shown in the following <br />schedule: <br /> <br />Number in the Household <br /> <br />Aggregate Income of Members of <br /> Household <br /> <br />1 $ 5~911 <br />2 5,449 <br />3 7,639 <br />4 6,873 <br />5 9,063 <br />6 11,609 <br />7 13,759 <br />8 15,561 <br />9 17,638 <br />lO 19,569 <br />11 or more 23,215 <br /> <br /> <br />