Number
231147
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
230568
Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER
Title
Substitute resolution appropriating up to $1,000 from the Community and Economic Development Committee Fund in support of the sister city agreement signing ceremony between Abuja, Nigeria, and the City of Milwaukee.
Analysis
This resolution appropriates up to $1,000 from the Community and Economic Development Committee Fund in support of the sister city agreement signing ceremony between Abuja, Nigeria, and the City of Milwaukee.
Body
Whereas, The Community and Economic Development Committee Fund supports initiatives that improve city public relations and foster community and economic development; and
Whereas, On September 19th, 2023, the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee adopted a resolution (CCFN-230568) to establish a sister city relationship with Abuja, Nigeria; and
Whereas, The sister city relationship between the City of Milwaukee and Abuja, Nigeria will benefit both cities by fostering cultural and educational exchange, enhancing economic cooperation, and promoting technological skill transfer; and
Whereas, A signing ceremony for the new sister city relationship between the City of Milwaukee and Abuja, Nigeria, has been set for December 13th, 2023, or thereafter; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that up to $1,000 is appropriated from the 2023 Community and Economic Development Committee Fund Special Purpose Account No. 0001-1310-S123-006300 in support of the sister city agreement signing ceremony between Abuja, Nigeria, and the City of Milwaukee.
Requestor
Sister Cities Committee
Drafter
LRB179583-1
Gunnar Raasch
11/27/2023