Sparks City Council Meeting 7/22/2013 2:00:00 PM

    Monday, July 22, 2013 2:00 PM
    City Council Chambers, Legislative Building, 745 Fourth St, Sparks, NV

Consent Items: 5.2

Title: Consideration, review and acceptance of the receipt of grant and/or donation money which is individually under $5,000.
Petitioner/Presenter: Curtis Cho, Accountant/Curtis Cho, Accountant
Recommendation: That Council approves the acceptance of grants and/or donations received that are individually under $5,000.
Financial Impact: None – this will impact cash flow only.
Business Impact (Per NRS 237):
    
A Business Impact Statement is not required because this is not a rule.
Agenda Item Brief: Formal policy established for grants and donations directs that Council approve the acceptance of grant awards less than $5,000 via a staff report which details the receipt of such grants and donations.


Background: On March 11, 2013 Council approved Resolution No. 3234, which established a policy for the acceptance of grants and donations received and recorded by the Financial Services Department which are under the amount of $5,000 individually.

Analysis:

The following donations were awarded to the City during the period from January 2013 to March 2013:

Donator: Amount: Purpose of donation

Deshaun Lipscomb $7.11 Donation to Violence Against Women’s Police Program.

Bighorns Basketball $364.00 Donation to Parks & Recreation Bighorns Program.

Jean Cleveland $250.00 Donation to Partners in Parks & Recreation.

Sertoma Club of Sparks $1,000.00 Donation to Partners in Parks & Recreation.

SMS Metal Mgmt $1,325.28 Donation for Recycled Copper Materials to Fire Dept.

Sierra Chemical $1,500.00 Donation of Yates Spec Pack 900 to Fire Dept.

Various Donors *$7,320.00 Donations to Fire Dept.

Project SAFE – Golf Fundraiser

*There were 12 individual donations for Project SAFE under $5,000.



Alternatives: Council could approve the grants and donations given to the City as shown above. Council could direct staff return one or all of the amounts given to the City.

Recommended Motion: I move to accept the receipt of grant and/or donation money which is individually under $5,000.

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