Fiscal Note
This resolution amends the 2014 Adopted Operating Budgets of Information Technology, the Mayor's Office, and Public Health - Madison & Dane County as follows:
Information Technology GN01-54941-342000 ($15,000) Computer License and Maint.
Mayor's Office GN01-54967-082000 $5,000 Memberships
Public Health Madison & Dane County UA77-54950-771300 $5,000 Consulting Services
Public Health Madison & Dane County UA77-54630-771300 $5,000 Conferences / Meetings
Total Net Appropriation Required $0
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AMENDED SUBSTITUTE - Amending the 2014 Operating Budgets of Information Technology, the Mayor's Office, and Public Health - Madison and Dane County to provide $5,000 for the City to join the Local and Regional Government Alliance on Race & Equity, authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to sign documents as needed to establish membership in that alliance, and reallocating $10,000 to PHMDC to support the continued development of the City of Madison Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiative.
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WHEREAS, the City of Madison is establishing a Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiative with a mission to establish racial equity and social justice as core principles in all decisions, policies and functions of the City of Madison; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison has passed RES-13-00828, adopted October 30, 2013, Establishing the City of Madison’s Intention to Adopt an Equity Impact Model, and has introduced a continuing resolution, Establishing the City of Madison Racial Equity and Social Justice Initiative; and
WHEREAS, the City of Madison is among a limited number of jurisdictions taking an explicit and strategic approach to governing through a lens of racial equity and social justice; and
WHEREAS, national racial justice leaders are establishing the Local and Regional Government (LRG) Alliance on Race and Equity, a national network of local governments addressing racial equity, with the following objective statement:
Because local and...
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