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A resolution approving amendment one to a Public Library Wishing Chair Productions grant from the Nashville Public Library Foundation to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, to provide puppeteers that help with education outreach by providing puppet shows to daycare centers, elementary schools, and Headstart facilities.
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WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, previously entered into a grant agreement with the Nashville Public Library Foundation, to provide puppeteers that help with education outreach by providing puppet shows to daycare centers, elementary schools, and Headstart facilities approved by RS2024-283; and,
WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the grant agreement to increase the amount of the grant by $70,000.00 from $37,500.00 to $107,500.00, a copy of which amendment one is attached hereto; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that amendment one be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That amendment one to the grant by and between the Nashville Public Library Foundation and the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, to provide puppeteers that help with education outreach by providing puppet shows to daycare centers, elementary schools, and Headstart facilities, a copy of which amendment one is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.
Section 2. That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.
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This resolution approves the first amendment to a Public Library Wishing Chair Productions grant from the Nashville Public Library Foundation to the Nashville Public Library, originally approved by Resolution No. RS2024-283. The original grant amount was $37,500 with no cash match required. The grant term began July 1, 2023, and ends June 30, 2024. This grant is used to provide puppeteers that help with education outreach by providing puppet shows to daycare centers, elementary schools, and Head Start facilities.
The amendment under consideration increases the grant amount by $70,000, from $37,500 to $107,500. No other changes would be made to the grant.