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A resolution appropriating a total of $501,444.80 from a certain account of the Community Safety Fund for a grant to The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
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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; 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 Mayor’s Office has recommended that a total of $501,444.80 of the funds appropriated for community safety grants in the Budget Ordinance (Substitute BL2022-1248), be distributed to The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Inc.; and,
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be utilized to provide organizational capacity building to nonprofit organizations; 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 The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Inc.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:
Section 1. There is hereby appropriated $501,444.80 from Fund No. 30164 to fund a grant to The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Inc., to be used to provide organizational capacity building to nonprofit organizations.
Section 2. The grant contract between the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County and The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee, Inc., attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved.
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.