Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution authorizes the Senior Center & Senior Services Manager and the Office Manager to sign rental contracts for space at the Madison Senior Center, 330 W Mifflin Street, Madison, WI in amounts up to $2,000 per rental. Facility rental revenues offset the general fund expenses for Senior Center operations. No City appropriation is required.
Title
Approval authorizing both the Senior Center & Senior Services Manager and Senior Center Office Manager to sign rental agreements in amounts up to $2000.00.
Body
Whereas, the Madison Senior Center is a program of the Community Development Division of the Department of Planning, Community & Economic Development and operates a facility at 330 W. Mifflin St., that includes meeting rooms and other space available for use by others, and
Whereas, The Madison Senior Center offers the use of its meeting rooms and other facilities free of charge to qualified senior groups or groups advocating policies that directly benefit older adults, and
Whereas, the Madison Senior Center also makes its meeting rooms and facilities available, for a fee, to community groups and others seeking a space to hold a meeting or event, and
Whereas, funds raised from the use of Madison Senior Center facilities offset the General Fund costs of the Senior Center operations, and
Whereas, in order to facilitate such use of the Madison Senior Center facilities, a written agreement is desired to establish rules for user of the space as well as legal obligations of both parties, and it is necessary that staff be able to enter into written contracts with potential users,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Senior Center & Senior Services Manager and the Senior Center Office Manager are each authorized to execute contracts on behalf of the City with those who wish to rent Madison Senior Center facilities, according to existing Senior Center policies, on a form to be approved by the City Attorney, Finance Director, and Risk Manager, for the purposes described above, provided that the use fee for each individual contract does not exceed $2,000.
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