Number
221852
Version
SUBSTITUTE 1
Reference
Sponsor
ALD. STAMPER
Title
Substitute resolution authorizing an appropriation of up to $5,000 from the Community and Economic Development Committee Fund in support of VIA’s 2023 Silver City InterNational Festival.
Analysis
This resolution appropriates up to $5,000 from the Community and Economic Development Committee Fund Special Purpose Account to fund VIA’s Silver City InterNational Festival, to be held on September 9th, 2023.
Body
Whereas, The Community and Economic Development Committee Fund Special Purpose Account is used to promote the City’s economic development programs; and
Whereas, The Silver City InterNational Festival is a free community event that celebrates and showcases the cultural diversity of the Silver City Neighborhood and the local businesses within it; and
Whereas, The Silver City InterNational Festival provides an important economic opportunity for local vendors; now, therefore, be it
Resolved, By the Common Council of the City of Milwaukee, that up to $5,000 is appropriated from the 2023 Community and Economic Development Committee Fund Special Purpose Account No. 0001-1310-S123-006300 to the VIA Silver City InterNational Festival; and, be it
Further Resolved, That the appropriate City officials are authorized and directed to negotiate and enter into an agreement with the VIA Silver City InterNational Festival for the purposes of accepting City funds to be used to promote and support the work of the event.
Requestor
Drafter
LRB-177998-1
Gunnar Raasch
4/20/2023