ENACTED 10/06/1998

ORDINANCE  NO. O98-1376

An ordinance approving a drug control and systems improvement grant contract for the Metropolitan Sheriff’s Office (domestic/family violence intervention project) with the State of Tennessee, Department of Finance and Administration and providing matching funds in the amount of $12,058.

WHEREAS, the State of Tennessee, Department of Finance and Administration, has awarded a grant contract in an amount not to exceed thirty six thousand one hundred seventy four dollars ($36,174.00) for the drug control and drug control systems improvement Domestic/Family Violence Intervention Project by the Metropolitan Sheriff’s Office; and,

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government is required under said grant contract to provide matching funds in the amount of twelve thousand fifty eight dollars ($12,058.00); 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 contract between the State of Tennessee and The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County for the drug control and drug control systems improvement Domestic/Family Violence Intervention Project (Grant Number 99DG058) by the tropolitan Sheriff’s Office, from July 1, 1998 to June 30, 2001, a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan Mayor is authorized to execute the same.

SECTION 2: That matching funds in the amount of twelve thousand fifty eight dollars ($12,058.00) be provided for the purpose of providing the Metropolitan Government’s matching share for the program.

SECTION 3: That amendments to the grant contract referenced herein shall be approved by resolution of the Metropolitan Council, by twenty-one affirmative votes.

SECTION 4: That this Ordinance shall take effect from and after its passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored By: Craig Jenkins & Eileen Beehan