HomeMy WebLinkAbout#02 - Arbor Glen DonationSTAFF REPORT
DATE: March 20, 2018
PRESENTATION
ITEM #: 2
AGENDA ITEM: Donation from Arbor Glen Senior Living
TO: Mayor and City Council
SUBMITTED BY: Kristina Handt, City Administrator
BACKGROUND:
State statute requires that cities accept donations via resolution. Arbor Glen Senior Living will be making
a donation of $1,336 to the City of Lake Elmo to be used for the Lake Elmo Fire Department in the Safe
Haven Program.
ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL:
Should Council accept the donation of $1,336 from Arbor Glen Senior Living?
PROPOSAL:
Arbor Glen Senior Living will be donating $1,336 for the fire department’s Safe Haven Program. These
are the funds that were raised from their march 1, 2018 spaghetti dinner fundraiser. Included in your packet
is a resolution for the Council to officially accept the donation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fire department has spent their allocation for 2018 programming so these funds will be used to
supplement. They may be used for the purchase of equipment (fire detectors, fire extinguishers, etc.)
OPTIONS:
1) Approve Resolution No 2018-023
2) Amend and then Approve Resolution No 2018-023
3) Do not accept the donation from Arbor Glen Senior Living
RECOMMENDATION:
Motion to approve Resolution No 2018-023
ATTACHMENTS:
• Resolution No 2018-023
CITY OF LAKE ELMO
WASHINGTON COUNTY
STATE OF MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION NO. 2018-023
A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DONATED FUNDS FROM ARBOR GLEN
SENIOR LIVING
WHEREAS, Minnesota Statues Section 465.03 provides that donations to the City
be accepted by resolution of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, Arbor Gen Senior Living held a spaghetti fundraiser for the Lake
Elmo Fire Department on March 1, 2018; and
WHEREAS, the fundraiser resulted in $1,336 to be donated to the City for the
purposes of the Safe Haven Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo agrees that said
contribution would be of benefit to the citizens of Lake Elmo; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of
Lake Elmo, Minnesota, does hereby acknowledges and agrees to accept said donation of
$1,336 from Arbor Glen Senior Living on behalf of the citizens of Lake Elmo.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Lake Elmo
designates the funds should be allocated only for the Lake Elmo Fire Department’s Safe
Haven Program.
APPROVED by the Lake Elmo City Council on this 20th day of March, 2018.
By: __________________________
Mike Pearson
Mayor
ATTEST:
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Julie Johnson
City Clerk