RESOLUTION NO. RS2002-1013

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, youth, and dislocated workers for re-entry into the labor force to be administered through the Nashville Career Advancement Center (Contract Number 02-09-PY1-909-STATE).

Whereas, the State of Tennessee, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, has awarded a grant in an amount not to exceed seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000) to the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, for the provision of establishing programs to prepare adults, youth and dislocated workers for re-entry into the labor force and to offer training to those facing serious barriers to productive employment 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 Workforce Development and The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, for the provision of establishing programs to prepare adults, youth and dislocated workers for re-entry into the labor force and to offer training to those facing serious barriers to productive employment to be administered through the Nashville Career Advancement Center under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, in an amount not to exceed seventy five thousand dollars ($75,000), 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: Jim Shulman

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY

Referred to: Budget & Finance Committee
Introduced: April 16, 2002
Adopted: April 16, 2002
Approved: April 17, 2002
By: Mayor Bill Purcell