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A resolution approving amendment one to a grant contract approved by Resolution RS2024-572 between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and Rocklife Youth (Church on the Rock) to increase the contract value by $22,866 for the Library’s Nashville After Zone Alliance after school coordinating system.
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WHEREAS, Section 7-3-314 of the Tennessee Code Annotated states that metropolitan forms of government may provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations in accordance with the guidelines of the Metropolitan Government; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5.04.070 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides that the Council may, by Resolution, appropriate funds for the financial aid of nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through Nashville Public Library, previously entered into a grant agreement with Rocklife Youth (Church on the Rock) for the provision free and high-quality afterschool and summer programing though the Library’s After Zone Alliance coordinating, approved by RS2024-572; and,
WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the grant agreement to increase the contract value by $22,866.00, for a revised contract total of $389,661.00, 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 this amendment one to grant contract L-6159 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 contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and Rocklife Youth (Church on the Rock) approved by Resolution RS2024-572 is hereby approved.
Section 2. 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
Analysis
This resolution approves the first amendment to a grant contract between the Metropolitan Government and Rocklife Youth (Church on the Rock), previously approved by Resolution No. RS2024-572.
RS2024-572 approved grants from the Nashville Public Library to 13 nonprofit organizations for the provision of free and high-quality afterschool programs through the Nashville After Zone Alliance Program. Rocklife Youth (Church on the Rock) received $366,795.
The resolution under consideration approves an amendment to increase the value of the contract by $22,866, from $366,795 to $389,661. This would provide funding for 30 additional 9th through 12th grade students for the afterschool program. The grant budget exhibit would be updated accordingly.