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File #: 15-0459    Version: 1 Name: Application for Walmart Community Grant
Type: Resolution Status: Adopted
File created: 7/27/2015 In control:
On agenda: 8/3/2015 Final action: 8/3/2015
Title: Permission for City of Foley Library to Apply for Walmart Foundation Grant
Attachments: 1. Walmart Grant Guidelines_7_15

Title

Permission for City of Foley Library to Apply for Walmart Foundation Grant

 

Summary

Description of Topic: (who, what, where, when, why and how much)

 

The City of Foley Library would like to gain permission from the City of Foley to apply for a Walmart Foundation Community Grant as a potential means for funding part of the Library's Annual Halloween Extravaganza.  The event will take place on Saturday, October 24 and will feature kids activities and a haunted library stacks.  The Foundation grant would assist in purchasing materials for the kids games, decorations for the library, and refreshments for those attending.  The Library would like to apply for the maximum amount allowed which is $2,500.00.  The deadline for this cycle is October 30.

 

Budgetary Impact:

   Non-Capital Item:

      ____ Budgeted under account #_______________ (discussion item)

      ____ Not budgeted, requesting transfer of $__________ from Account #______________ to Account #_____________.

      ____ Not budgeted requiring increase to account #___________ in the amount of $____________.

 

   Capital - Departmental

      ____ Budgeted under account #______________ for $___________ and described in budget as __________________________________.

                    Additional amount needed, if any: Increase in budget of  $_____________ OR, transfer of $___________ from Account #____________ to Account #_______________

      ____ Not Budgeted - account #____________ requires budget increase of $_____________.

 

   Capital Project - **THE PRE-PROJECT CHECKLIST AND BUDGET CHECKLIST MUST BE ATTACHED TO THIS FILE**

      In current year Capital Projects Plan: 

        _____ Yes, planned amount $___________, requesting $_________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #_________________

        _____ No, requesting $___________ as total project estimate, including contingencies, under account #____________________

 

Body

 

     WHEREAS, the City of Foley Library would like to ask permission from the City Council to apply for a Walmart Foundation Community Grant in the amount of $2,500.00, and

 

     WHEREAS, the City of Foley Library would like to expend the grant funds on the Library's Annual Halloween Extravaganza.

 

     NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Foley, Alabama, as follows:

 

     SECTION 1:     Approves the application by the City of Foley Library for Walmart Foundation Grant funds as a means of funding the Library's Annual Halloween Extravaganza.

 

     SECTION 2:     This Resolution shall become effective immediately upon its adoption as required by law.