K-6 - Memorandum of Agreement for Special Census - 2025

Memorandum of Agreement Through Which The City of Tiffin, IA Is Purchasing a Special Census From the U.S. Census Bureau Agreement No. 0071-FY25-REI-23716-000 1) Parties and Scope This document establishes an agreement between the City of Tiffin, Iowa (Governmental Unit) and the Decennial Census Management Division, U.S. Census Bureau, through which the Governmental Unit will pay the Census Bureau to take a special census under the authority of 13 United States Code (U.S.C.) § 196. 2) Authority The Census Bureau may undertake this work pursuant to 13 U.S.C. § 196, which provides that the “Secretary may conduct special censuses for the government of any State, or of any county, city, or other political subdivision within a State, for the government of the District of Columbia, and for the government of any possession or area (including political subdivisions thereof) referred to in Section 191(a) of this title, on subjects covered by the censuses provided for in this title, upon payment to the Secretary of the actual or estimated cost of each such special census. The results of each such special census shall be designated ‘Official Census Statistics.’ These statistics may be used in the manner provided by applicable law.” 3) Cost Estimate The Governmental Unit is responsible for all costs of taking the special census including, but not limited to, appropriately furnished office quarters, total compensation of all field enumeration and supervisory personnel, compensation of Census Bureau headquarters and regional office personnel for time allocated to the special census, overhead for headquarters and regional offices, processing and tabulation of data, and all other costs attributable to taking the special census. Based on the following factors the estimated cost for these services is $370,391: • Governmental Unit-provided estimated population of 7,350, • Governmental Unit -provided estimated housing unit count of 3,500, • and Governmental Unit -provided characteristics of the area(s) in which the special census will be conducted (including but not limited to geographic size, count of potential group quarters and transitory locations, and potential recent annexations). A payment of that amount shall be furnished to the Census Bureau before any work on the special census is performed. The advance payment will be adjusted to actual costs and additional billing or refunds will be made as appropriate.