HomeMy WebLinkAbout#07 - Accept Donation from Mary Davis STAFF REPORT
DATE: 11/8/2023
Consent
TO: Mayor and City Council AGENDA ITEM: Mary Davis Donation
SUBMITTED BY: Adam Swanepoel, Assistant Public Works Director
REVIEWED BY: Marty Power, Public Works Director Kristina Handt, City Administrator
BACKGROUND: State statute requires that cities accept donations via resolution. The city has received a donation of $1500
from Mary Davis to be used for community improvement. Mary Davis’s is requesting her donation to be used towards an update at Sunfish Lake Park.
ISSUE BEFORE COUNCIL: Should Council accept the donation of $1,500 from Mary Davis? PROPOSAL DETAILS/ANALYSIS: Mary Davis wishes to make a donation of $1500 toward a park improvement in Sunfish Lake Park. The donation would help purchase a bench to be placed along the trail system within the park. Included in your packet is a resolution for the Council to officially accept the donation.
The Parks Commission made the motion to recommend to the City Council to approve the donation from Mary Davis and purchase a bench, placard and installation materials not to exceed $1500 to be placed in Sunfish Lake Park at its October 16th meeting. FISCAL IMPACT: The proposed donation is in addition to the annual donation for charitable proceeds. OPTIONS: 1) Approve Resolution No. 2023-107 2) Amend and then Approve Resolution No. 2023-107 3) Do not accept the donation from the Mary Davis RECOMMENDATION: Motion to approve Resolution 2023-107
ATTACHMENTS:
• Resolution 2023-107
CITY OF LAKE ELMO WASHINGTON COUNTY STATE OF MINNESOTA RESOLUTION NO. 2023-107 A RESOLUTION ACCEPTING DONATED FUNDS FROM MARY DAVIS WHEREAS, Minnesota Statues Section 465.03 provides that donations to the City be accepted by resolution of the City Council; and
WHEREAS, Mary Davis had proposed contributing $1,500 to the Public Works Department; 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 $1,500 from Mary Davis on behalf of the citizens of Lake Elmo.
APPROVED by the Lake Elmo City Council on this 8th day of November, 2023. By: __________________________ Charles Cadenhead
Mayor ATTEST:
________________________________ Julie Johnson City Clerk