City of Milwaukee - File #: 191123

• File #: 191123
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: Passed
• File created: 11/5/2019
• In control: COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE
• Final action: 11/26/2019
• Title: Resolution related to authorization for the acceptance and expenditure of contributions received by the Milwaukee Public Library for library capital projects, programs, and materials.
• Sponsors: THE CHAIR
• Indexes: CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS, LIBRARIES, MILWAUKEE PUBLIC LIBRARY

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
12/4/2019	0	MAYOR	SIGNED
11/26/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ADOPTED	Pass	14:0
11/13/2019	0	COMMUNITY & ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE	RECOMMENDED FOR ADOPTION; Minutes note: Sarah Leszczynski - Business Manager for the library	Pass	5:0
11/5/2019	0	COMMON COUNCIL	ASSIGNED TO

Number
191123

Version
ORIGINAL

Reference

Sponsor
THE CHAIR

Title
Resolution related to authorization for the acceptance and expenditure of contributions received by the Milwaukee Public Library for library capital projects, programs, and materials.

Analysis
This resolution authorizes the Milwaukee Public Library to accept and expend contributions from the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation for library capital projects, programs, and materials from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024 in an amount up to $2,500,000 annually.

Body
Whereas, The Milwaukee Public Library adds significant value to the City of Milwaukee by helping to create an environment that fosters lifelong learning, increasing the educational attainment of its citizens, and thereby improving the overall quality of life in Milwaukee; and

Whereas, The Milwaukee Public Library Foundation was created to provide funding for the Milwaukee Public Library over and above City support for capital projects, programs, materials, and other activities, and

Whereas, The City of Milwaukee, via Common Council File No. 141149 adopted 12/16/2014, authorized the Milwaukee Public Library to accept up to $1,500,000 annually in contributions from the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2019; and

Whereas, The Milwaukee Public Library Foundation agrees to continue to use its best effort to provide up to $2,500,000 annually for five additional years; now, therefore, be it

Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that the Milwaukee Public Library is authorized to accept and expend contributions from the Milwaukee Public Library Foundation in an amount up to $2,500,000 annually from January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2024; and, be it

Further Resolved, That upon receipt and deposit of these funds, the City Comptroller is authorized and directed to establish a special account within the Milwaukee Public Library's budget for the expenditure of...