RESOLUTION NO. RS2001-870

A resolution approving a grant from the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, for the provision of establishing programs to prepare adults for re-entry into the labor force to be administered through the Nashville Career Advancement Center.

Whereas, the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Labor, has awarded a grant in an amount not to exceed seven hundred forty one thousand three hundred twenty eight dollars and forty-seven cents ($741,328.47) to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, for the provision of establishing programs to prepare adults for re-entry into the labor force to be administered through the Nashville Career Advancement Center under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998; 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 resolved by the Metropolitan Council of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County:

Section 1. That the grant by and between the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Labor and The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, for the provision of establishing programs to prepare adults for re-entry into the labor force to be administered through the Nashville Career Advancement Center under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, in an amount not to exceed seven hundred forty one thousand three hundred twenty eight dollars and forty-seven cents ($741,328.47), a copy of which is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the Metropolitan County Mayor is authorized to execute the same.

Section 2. That this Resolution shall take effect from and after its final passage, the welfare of The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County requiring it.

Sponsored By: Morris Haddox, Leo Waters, Jim Shulman, Tony Derryberry

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Referred to: Budget & Finance Committee
Introduced: December 4, 2001
Adopted: December 4, 2001
Approved: December 5, 2001
By: Mayor Bill Purcell