Fiscal Note
Funding of $15,000 for all of the Sister Cities is included in the 2014 Room Tax budget. No appropriation is required.
Title
Authorizing the Mayor and City Clerk to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the representatives of the City of Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco Mexico confirming a sister city relationship with the City of Madison, Wisconsin USA.
Body
WHEREAS, the Common Council adopted Resolution, File #24840 (RES-12-00028) on January 3, 2012 establishing a sister city relationship between the City of Madison, Wisconsin USA and the City of Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco Mexico; and,
WHEREAS, the exchanges between the countries will add richness, diversity and the promise of global peace to the lives of their respective citizens; and,
WHEREAS, the people of Madison have a long and noble tradition of furthering peace, understanding cooperation and democracy through sister city relationships,
WHEREAS, a Memorandum of Understanding will memorialize the understandings between the City of Madison, Wisconsin USA and the City of Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco Mexico,
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the Mayor and City Clerk are authorized to enter into an agreement (Memorandum of Understanding) to memorialize these understandings and confirm the sister city relationship with the City of Tepatitlán de Morelos, Jalisco Mexico.