File #: RS2023-2178    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 5/4/2023 In control: Metropolitan Council
On agenda: 5/16/2023 Final action: 5/16/2023
Title: A resolution appropriating a total of $40,247 from the Nashville Public Library to various non-profit organizations for the provision of educational, career, and cultural field trips and enrichment opportunities for the month of June 2023 through the Library's Nashville After Zone Alliance out-of-school time coordinating system.
Sponsors: Kevin Rhoten, Sharon Hurt, Zulfat Suara, Burkley Allen, Ginny Welsch, Kyonzte Toombs, Delishia Porterfield
Attachments: 1. Exhibit
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A resolution appropriating a total of $40,247 from the Nashville Public Library to various non-profit organizations for the provision of educational, career, and cultural field trips and enrichment opportunities for the month of June 2023 through the Library's Nashville After Zone Alliance out-of-school time 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 Library has accepted applications from non-profit organizations to receive funding from the Nashville After Zone Alliance coordinating system for the provision of educational, career, and cultural field trips and enrichment opportunities; and,
WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that these funds be appropriated to these nonprofit organizations.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated Forty Thousand Two Hundred Forty-Seven Dollars ($40,247) from the Public Library to nonprofit organizations as follows:
$3,000.00 to Cottage Cove Urban Ministries;
$3,270.00 to Humble Beginnings;
$3,900.00 to Junior Achievement of Middle Tennessee;
$4,700.00 to Nashville Peacemakers;
$2,130.00 to Pass the Beauty Inc.;
$5,000.00 to Rocketown of Middle Tennessee;
$4,847.00 to Royal Table Inc.
$3,500.00 to Team CJ Colas Uterine Cancer Foundation
$5,000.00 to The F.I.N.D. Design
$4,900.00 to Youth Empowerment Through Arts and Humanities
Section 2. The Metropolitan Government is hereby authorized to enter into grant contracts, at...

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