HomeMy Public PortalAbout018-2008 - Grant - IDEM - Natural GrassesORDINANCE NO. 18-2008
AN APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE SUBMITTAL,
ACCEPTANCE, AND APPROPRIATION OF A GRANT FROM THE
INDIANA DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
WHEREAS, The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has grant funding
available through its Office of Pollution Prevention and Technical Assistance in its
Indiana Pollution Prevention (P2) Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the City of Richmond wishes to submit a grant application to obtain funds that
will be used for grass and wildflower seeds, equipment rental (no -till drill) and
herbicides; and
WHEREAS, a local match of twenty-five percent (25%) is required and this local match will
come from in -kind labor and equipment usage.
NOW, THEREFORE, be it ordained by the Common Council of the City of Richmond,
Indiana, as follows:
1. The City of Richmond is hereby authorized to submit a grant application to the Indiana
Department of Environmental Management.
2. The City of Richmond is authorized to accept said grant funding in an amount up to
Forty Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00).
3. The City of Richmond is hereby authorized to provide a local match, through in -kind
labor and equipment usage, in an amount up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the Forty
Thousand Dollars ($40,000.00). The City of Richmond is not required to provide a cash
match to this grant.
4. Said funds, if awarded to the City of Richmond, shall be appropriated to purchase
grass, wildflower seeds, herbicides and rent equipment for the application of the grass, wildflower
seeds and herbicides in various areas in the City of Richmond.
Passed and adopted this _17th _ day of _March 2008, by the Common Council of the City
of Richmond, Indiana.
_S/S Larry Parker President
(Larry Parker)
ATTEST: S/S Karen Chasteen City Clerk
(Karen Chasteen)
PRESENTED to the Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this _18th _ day of _March
2008, at 9:00 a.m.
S/S Karen Chasteen City Clerk
(Karen Chasteen)
APPROVED by me, Sarah L. Hutton, Mayor of the City of Richmond, Indiana, this _18th day of
March , 2005, at 9:05 a.m.
_S/S Sarah L. Hutton Mayor
(Sarah L. Hutton)
ATTEST: _S/S Karen Chasteen City Clerk
(Karen Chasteen)