Number
131056
Version
ORIGINAL
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. DONOVAN
Title
Resolution authorizing the acceptance of a bequest from the estate of Paula M. Gorde.
Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Police Department to accept a bequest of $50,000 from the estate of Paula M. Gorde. Paula M.Gorde was a resident of the 8th Aldermanic District, worked for 40 years as a Spanish language interpreter, operated a tavern, and provided shelter to abused women and their children from the neighborhood.
The $50,000 bequest that Paula M. Gorde has left to the Police Department is for the purchase of a fully-equipped police vehicle in honor of her late husband, Christ Gorde, Sr. Mr. Gorde, Sr. was a member of the U. S. Army 101st Airborne Division and a prisoner of war during World War II.
Body
Whereas, Section 304-21 of the Code of Ordinances regulates the receipt, appropriation and expenditure of contributions received to the City; and
Whereas, Paula M. Gorde was a resident of the 8th Aldermanic District and worked for 40 years as a Spanish language interpreter, was a block watch captain in her South Side neighborhood and provided shelter to abused women and their children from the neighborhood; and
Whereas, Paula M. Gorde and her husband, Christ Gorde, Sr. owned and operated Paula’s Tavern located at S. 25th and W. Scott Streets; and
Whereas, Mr. Gorde, Sr. was a member of the U. S. Army 101st Airborne Division and a prisoner of war during World War II; and
Whereas, Paula M. Gorde willed $50,000 of her estate to the Police Department for the purchase of a fully-equipped police vehicle in honor of her late husband, Christ Gorde, Sr; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Police Department is authorized to accept this bequest; and, be it
Further Resolved, At the time the funds are released to the City, the Paula M. Gorde bequest shall be directly deposited into the appropriate Police Department account...
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