File #: RS2020-589    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 10/9/2020 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 10/20/2020 Final action: 10/20/2020
Title: A resolution approving amendment one to a grant from Living Cities to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Finance Department - Procurement Division, to support the city's work with the City Accelerator's Retake: Inclusive Procurement Cohort program to improve the participation of minority and women-owned businesses in the Metropolitan Government's procurement process.
Sponsors: Kyonzte Toombs, Zulfat Suara, Ginny Welsch, Emily Benedict, Joy Styles
Attachments: 1. RS2020-589
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A resolution approving amendment one to a grant from Living Cities to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Finance Department - Procurement Division, to support the city's work with the City Accelerator's Retake: Inclusive Procurement Cohort program to improve the participation of minority and women-owned businesses in the Metropolitan Government's procurement process.
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WHEREAS, The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Finance Department - Procurement Division, previously entered into a grant agreement with Living Cities to support the city's work with the City Accelerator's Retake: Inclusive Procurement Cohort program to improve the participation of minority and women-owned businesses in the Metropolitan Government's procurement process approved by RS2020-152; and,
WHEREAS, the parties wish to amend the grant to extend the end date of the grant from June 30, 2020 to October 30, 2020; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that amendment one be accepted.
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 Living Cities and The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the Finance Department - Procurement Division, to support the city's work with the City Accelerator's Retake: Inclusive Procurement Cohort program to improve the participation of minority and women-owned businesses in the Metropolitan Government's procurement process, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved.
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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