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File #: 04622    Version: Name: Neighborhood Conference 2006
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/27/2006 In control: BOARD OF ESTIMATES (ended 4/2017)
On agenda: 10/17/2006 Final action: 10/17/2006
Enactment date: 10/18/2006 Enactment #: RES-06-00870
Title: SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the allocation of funds for the 2006 Neighborhood Conference and amending the 2006 operating budget of the Office of Community Resources Services to allocate $15,000 13,700 toward the Neighborhood Conference.
Sponsors: David J. Cieslewicz
Fiscal Note
The City has established a segregated revenue for Neighborhood Conference expenditures. All funding from private contributions, registration fees and reallocations of City funds of $7,000 from the Miscellaneous Appropriations/Improvement Initiatives and $13,700 from the Office of Community Services salary and fringe benefit budget lines will be deposited in the Neighborhood Conference fund to be used for expenses in support of the Conference. There is no net impact on the levy.
Title
SUBSTITUTE - Authorizing the allocation of funds for the 2006 Neighborhood Conference and amending the 2006 operating budget of the Office of Community Resources Services to allocate $15,000 13,700 toward the Neighborhood Conference.
Body
WHEREAS it is to the benefit of the City of Madison and its residents to have a system of strong, viable, and healthy neighborhood associations; and

WHEREAS the City of Madison takes great pride in its commitment to neighborhoods, neighborhood associations, community based organizations, as well as its national recognition of one of the best places to live in the country; and

WHEREAS the City of Madison recognizes the need for the continued development and capacity building of neighborhood and resident associations; and

WHEREAS the City of Madison has sponsored a City-Wide Neighborhood Conference in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003 and hosted the 1999 Neighborhoods USA Conference that facilitated the sharing of information and experiences, networking amongst community leaders from across the City, and the development of partnerships between neighborhood organizations, government and the private sector; and

WHEREAS the 2006 City-Wide Neighborhood Conference (November 11, 2006) will solicit input on what is important to neighborhood leaders in their grassroots efforts that will help us assess our current and future capacity building efforts to neighborhoods;

WHEREAS the Common Council authorized the expenditure of up t...

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