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Authorizing the Saint Paul Public Library Agency to accept gifts and donations that will help the City of Saint Paul to plan, prepare for, or respond to the COVID-19 outbreak.
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WHEREAS, on March 13, 2020, Minnesota Governor Tim Walz issued Executive Order 20-01, “Declaring a Peacetime Emergency and Coordinating Minnesota’s Strategy to Protect Minnesotans from COVID-19,” declaring a peacetime emergency under Minn. Stat. § 12.31, subd. 2; and
WHEREAS, on March 15, 2020, Mayor Melvin Carter issued an emergency declaration, directing City departments to review operations and legal proceedings to determine whether any such operations or proceedings need adjusted or suspended, among other directions; and
WHEREAS, on March 17, 2020, the Saint Paul City Council extended the emergency declaration for ninety (90) days until June 15, 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Center for Disease Control has labeled COVID-19 as a pandemic illness; and
WHEREAS, COVID-19 poses a risk to the health, welfare, and safety of the public; and
WHEREAS, the necessary resources to respond to and recover from this pandemic will exceed those resources available within the City and the Saint Paul Public Library Agency, and additional resources will be needed; and
WHEREAS, organizations have approached the Saint Paul Public Library Agency and offered to make gifts and donations in efforts to respond to the COVID-19 outbreak; and
WHEREAS, the Saint Paul Public Library Agency would like to accept all COVID-19 related gift and donations during the pandemic; and
WHEREAS, once a financial gift or donation is made and the amount is known, the Saint Paul Public Library Agency will submit a Library Board resolution to amend the budget in the amount specified by said gift or donation; and
WHEREAS, the public purpose of these gifts and donations is to help the Saint Paul Public Library Agency protect the health, welfare, and safety of the public; now therefore be it
RESOLVED, that the Library Board authorizes the Saint Paul Public Library Agency to accept gifts and donations to plan, prepare for, or respond to the COVID-19 outbreak, and thanks donors for their generous gift.