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File #: 231147    Version:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 11/21/2023 In control: COMMON COUNCIL
On agenda: Final action: 12/12/2023
Effective date:    
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.
Sponsors: ALD. STAMPER
Indexes: SISTER CITIES
Attachments: 1. CC Approval Letter to MANI

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