Title
Request to Accept and Expend Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust Holiday Funds (Ordinance S-46307)
Description
Request to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to retroactively accept a holiday grant award of $15,000 from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust. This report further requests authorization for the City Treasurer to accept and the City Controller to disburse the funds.
Report
Summary
A Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust grant has been awarded to the Human Services Department to support holiday-related activities that address the material or social-emotional needs of clients in the Community and Senior Services Division, Senior Programs section. Funds are to be distributed equally ($7,500) during the 2019 and 2020 holiday seasons. The donation will allow the Human Services Department to provide holiday activities for members of all 15 Senior Centers. The Human Services Department was notified of the opportunity on Nov. 15 with a short turn around required for submitting the application. The award notification was confirmed on Dec. 4.
Financial Impact
No General Funds are required to receive this funding of $15,000 from the Virginia G. Piper Charitable Trust.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Assistant City Manager Deanna Jonovich and the Human Services Department.