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Authorizing the Police Department to accept a grant in the amount of $99,296 from the Initial Teaching Alphabet Foundation (ITA) for the Police Activity League ITA Literacy Clinics.
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WHEREAS, the City of Saint Paul, Police Department (SPPD) has been granted funds in the amount of $99,296 from the Initial Teaching Alphabet Foundation (ITA) for use during the 2015-2016 school year, a term of September 1, 2015 through August 31, 2016; and
WHEREAS, these funds are to be used to provide intervention in reading and writing for 35-50 elementary and middle school students at three after school Police Activities League ITA Literacy Clinics; and
WHEREAS, the 2015 financing and spending plan needs to be amended for these funds; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor pursuant to Section 10.07.1 of the Charter of the City of Saint Paul, does certify that there are available for appropriation funds of $40,998 in excess of those estimated in the 2015 budget; and
WHEREAS, the Mayor recommends that the following addition be made to the 2015 budget; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that council accepts this grant and authorizes the City of Saint Paul to enter into, and Chief Thomas Smith to implement the attached agreement with the ITA Foundation; and
THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the Saint Paul City Council approves these changes to the 2015 budget.
Financial Analysis
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