NUMB:
971252
VERS:
Substitute 1
XXBY:
The Chair
TITL:
Substitute Resolution relative to application, acceptance and funding of a Child Pedestrian Safety Grant.
ANLS:
This substitute resolution authorizes the Police Department to apply for, accept and fund a CARE Grant from the Wisconsin Department of Transportation, Bureau of Transportation Safety in the amount of $10,896 with a city share of $3,896 and a grantor share of $7,000. The purpose of the project is to provide education materials on young children's limited ability to deal with traffic to teachers in public and non-public schools, day care centers, and to Milwaukee employers.
BODY:
Whereas, under the terms of CFDA #20.600, the City of Milwaukee appears to be eligible for grant funds from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration through the Wisconsin Department of Transportation for a Child Pedestrian Safety Grant ; and
Whereas, The operation of this grant project from March 1998 to September 1998 would cost $10,896 of which $3,896 (36%) would be provided by the city and $7,000 (64%) would be provided by the grantor; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that application to the Wisconsin Department of Transportation is authorized and the Police Department shall accept this grant without further approval unless the terms of the grant change as indicated in Common Council File 940843; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the City Comptroller is authorized to:
1. Encumber in the parent accounts of the 1998 Special Revenue Accounts-Grant and Aid Projects, the following amounts for the project titled: Child Pedestrian Safety Grant
Account No. Account Amount
15-010-0100 Grantor Share $7,000
15-010-0101 In-kind City Share $3,896
15-010-0102 Out-of-Pocket City Share $ -0-
(Current Levy)
2. Create a Special Revenue Fund - Grant and Aid Projects and the necessary expenditure and revenue accounts; appropriate to these accounts the amount required under the grant agreement and transfer the corresponding offsetting estimated revenue;
3. Establish the necessary grant performance submeasures; and, be it
Further Resolved, That these funds are appropriated to the Police Department which is authorized to:
Expend from the amount appropriated sums for specified purposes as indicated in the grant budget and incur costs consistent with the award date.
DFTR:
Police
TLW
11/18/97