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A resolution authorizing a grant not exceeding $50,000 from the Mayor's Office to the United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc., to provide legacy planning services to eligible residents in accordance with the Financial Empowerment Center program model.
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WHEREAS, pursuant to Resolution No. RS2025-1297, the Metropolitan Council authorized the acceptance of a Legacy Planning Implementation Grant in the amount of $50,000 with no cash match from the Cities for Financial Empowerment Fund, Inc., for the purposes of incorporating legacy planning into the services provided at the Nashville Financial Empowerment Center; and,
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated Section 7-3-314 provides that metropolitan forms of government may provide financial assistance to nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5.04.070 of the Metropolitan Code of Laws provides that the Metropolitan Council may, by resolution, appropriate funds for the financial aid of nonprofit organizations; and,
WHEREAS, Section 5.04.076 of the Metropolitan Code of Law provides that the Metropolitan Council may, by resolution, approve grant contracts; and,
WHEREAS, the Mayor's Office desires that the funds of the Legacy Planning Implement Grant in the amount of $50,0000, appropriated to the Mayor's Office pursuant to Resolution No. RS2025-1297, be granted to the United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc., for the purposes of incorporating legacy planning into the services provided by the Nashville Financial Empowerment Center; and
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of the Metropolitan Government that the grant and grant contract with the United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc., both be approved.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. That $50,000 appropriated to the Mayor's Office pursuant to Resolution No. RS2025-1297 hereby be granted to the United Way of Middle Tennessee, Inc., to provide legacy planning to ...
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