ENACTED 02/03/1998

AN ORDINANCE APPROVING A GRANT FROM THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, TENNESSEE COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH, TO THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY, ACTING THROUGH THE JUVENILE COURT TO IMPROVE JUVENILE COURT SERVICES.

WHEREAS, the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth, has awarded a grant for fiscal year 1997-98 in an amount not to exceed Eighty Five Thousand dollars ($85,000) to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting through the Juvenile Court to improve the state's juvenile justice effectiveness; and

WHEREAS, it is to the benefit of the citizens of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County that this grant be accepted.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ENACTED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT OF NASHVILLE AND DAVIDSON COUNTY:

Section 1. That the grant by and between the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth and The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting through Juvenile Court, to improve the state's juvenile justice effectiveness, in an amount not to exceed Eighty Five Thousand dollars ($85,000) a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby accepted, and the Metropolitan County Mayor is authorized to execute the same.

Section 2. That any amendments to this Grant shall be approved by resolution of the Metropolitan Council by twenty-one affirmative votes.

Section 3. That this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its final passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

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