File #: RS2025-1121   
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 3/20/2025 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 4/1/2025 Final action: 4/1/2025
Title: A resolution accepting a Special Collections grant from the Nashville Public Library Foundation to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, to provide services for processing, arranging, and describing archival materials in all formats for digitizing materials in the Special Collections Division.
Sponsors: Delishia Porterfield, Brenda Gadd, Ginny Welsch, Kyonzte Toombs, Jacob Kupin, Terry Vo
Attachments: 1. Grant Exhibit

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A resolution accepting a Special Collections grant from the Nashville Public Library Foundation to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, to provide services for processing, arranging, and describing archival materials in all formats for digitizing materials in the Special Collections Division. 

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WHEREAS, the Nashville Public Library Foundation has awarded a grant in an amount not to exceed $25,000 with no cash match required to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the Nashville Public Library, to provide services for processing, arranging, and describing archival materials in all formats for digitizing materials in the Special Collections Division; and, 

WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant be accepted.

NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1.                     That the grant by and between the Nashville Public Library Foundation, in an amount not to exceed $25,000, to the Metropolitan Government, acting by and through the  Nashville Public Library, to provide services for processing, arranging, and describing archival materials in all formats for digitizing materials in the Special Collections Division, a copy of which grant is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved.

Section 2.                     That the amount of this grant is to be appropriated to the Nashville Public Library, based on the revenues estimated to be received and any match to be applied.

Section 3.                     That this resolution shall take effect from and after its adoption, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Agenda Analysis

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This resolution accepts a Special Collections grant from the Nashville Public Library Foundation to the Nashville Public Library to provide services for processing, arranging, and describing archival materials in all formats for digitizing materials in the library’s Special Collections Division.

 

The grant is in an amount no greater than $25,000 with no cash match. The grant period would begin on February 1, 2025, and end on June 30, 2025.