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Authorizing the Department of Parks and Recreation to solicit sponsorship donations from local businesses and organizations to donate to the hanging flower basket program for the beautification of the City.
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WHEREAS, Chapter 41 of the City of Saint Paul Administrative Code sets forth the process for allowing employees of the City of Saint Paul to solicit money and/or property for any employer-related or occupational-related purposes; and
WHEREAS, in the case of solicitations of more than five hundred dollars ($500.00) only the mayor or designee or the council as a whole or designee of the council can make such solicitations; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Parks and Recreation wishes to solicit businesses and individuals to donate to the hanging flower basket program for the beautification of the city and such donations will be separately accounted for and the donors appropriately recognized; now, therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Director of the Department of Parks and Recreation, Andy Rodriguez, and his designee, Natural Resources Supervisor, Adam Robbins are hereby designated as individuals who may solicit funds on behalf of the hanging flower basket program; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED, that this resolution will be filed with the city clerk, and the Department will submit quarterly reports of all solicitations to the city clerk, mayor and each councilperson.