NUMB:
971164
VERS:
Original
REF:
970620
XXBY:
The Chair
TITL:
Resolution amending Common Council File #970620 relative to application, acceptance and funding of a Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Grant. (Library)
ANLS:
This resolution amends Common Council File #970620 relative to application, acceptance and funding of a Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Grant. The purpose of the grant is to serve the blind and physically handicapped of the state by providing reading material on phonodiscs, cassette tapes, and braille books.
BODY: Whereas, Common Council File #970620 authorized the Milwaukee Public Library to apply for, accept and fund a Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction for the purpose of serving the blind and physically handicapped of the state by providing reading material on phonodiscs, cassette tapes, and braille books. This grant provided for a Grantor share total of $612,900 and a City share total of $192,339; and
Whereas, The Grantor share for this program is increased by $49,300; the in-kind City share is increased by $21,669; and the total cost is increased by $70,969; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that application to the Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction is authorized and the Milwaukee Public Library shall accept such a grant without further Common Council approval unless the terms of the grant change as indicated in Common Council File 940843 (Grant Ordinance); and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Comptroller is authorized to encumber in the parent accounts of the 1997 Special Revenue Accounts-Grant and Aid Projects, the following amounts for the program titled "Regional Library for the Blind and Physically Handicapped Grant":
Account No. Account Amount 15-010-0100 Grantor Share $49,300 15-010-0101 In-kind City Share $21,669 15-010-0102 Out-of-Pocket City Share $ (Current Levy)
and, be it
Further Resolved, That these funds are appropriated to the Milwaukee Public Library which is authorized to:
1. Expend from the 1997 grant budget funds for specified items of equipment;
2. Expend from the 1997 grant budget funds for training and out-of-town travel by departmental staff;
3. Enter into subcontracts and leases as detailed in the grant budget; and, be it
Further Resolved, That all standard resolved clauses articulated in Common Council File #970620 remain applicable.
DFTR:
Library Board
JJK:WPL:elm
10/28/97