RESOLUTION NO. RS2013-696

A resolution approving an application for a Community Corrections Services Grant from the State of Tennessee, Department of Correction, to The Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, acting by and through the State Trial Courts, to divert felony offenders from the Tennessee prison system by providing community supervision and treatment services.

WHEREAS, the State of Tennessee, Department of Correction, is accepting applications for a Community Corrections Services Grant, with an award of $1,451,003.00 with no cash match required; and,

WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Government is eligible to participate in this grant program; and,

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

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

Section 1. That the Metropolitan Government’s application for a Community Corrections Services Grant, with an award of $1,451,003.00, a copy of which grant application is attached hereto and incorporated herein, is hereby approved, and the State Trial Courts are authorized to submit said application to the State of Tennessee, Department of Correction.

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

Sponsored by: Lonnell Matthews, Karen Bennett, Edith Taylor Langster

Attachment(s) on file in the Metropolitan Clerk's Office

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY
Referred to:	Budget & Finance Committee
Introduced:	May 21, 2013
Adopted:	May 21, 2013
Approved:	May 22, 2013
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