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CITY OF PLYMOUTH
RESOLUTION 96-356
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER AND
DIRECTOR OF PUBLIC SAFETY TO ENTER INTO A CONTRACT
WITH THE STATE OF MINNESOTA,
BOARD OF GOVERNMENT INNOVATIONS AND COOPERATION
TO AWARD A :RANT NUMBER SS -93-0161 IN THE AMOUNT OF
$829500 TO ESTABLISH A FULLY INTEGRATED
DIS&STER DONATIONS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
WHEREAS, currently, when an emergency occurs, individual agencies coordinate their
own resources independently, which often results in a gap or overlap in goods or services
provided; and
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth and State of Minnesota Division of Emergency
Management, in an effort to address this problem, worked together to make application for a
grant; and
WHEREAS, with the proposed resource collaborative, agencies could access a
statewide clearinghouse of donated goods and services they (and the citizens they are serving)
need during disasters; and
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth's current volunteer resource plan in Emergency
Preparedness would work well in conjunction with this plan; and
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth would act as fiscal agent for the grant monies
associated with the project; and
WHEREAS, the City of Plymouth has been notified by the State of Minnesota, Board
of Government Innovation and Cooperation of the award of a grant in the amount of $82,500
to establish a hilly integrated Disaster Donations Management Program; and
WHEREAS, as fiscal agent, the City of Aymouth must enter into a contract with the
State of Minnesota, Board of Government innovation and Cooperation to administer these
grant monies,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Plymouth City Council that this is a
valuable project that could benefit the citizens of Plymouth, as well as the entire State; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Manager and Director of Public Safety are
hereby authorized to enter into a contract with the State of Minnesota, Board of Government
Innovation and Cooperation, to administer Grant Number SS -95.016, in the amount of
$82,500.
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Adopted by the City Council on
STATE OF MINNESOTA)
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN) SS.
The undersigned, being the duly qualified and appointed City Clerk of the City of Plymouth,
Minnesota, certifies that I compared the foregoing resolution adopted at a meeting of the
Plymouth City Council on _ , with the original thereof on
file in my office, and the same is a correct transcription thereof.
WITNESS my hand officially as such City Clerk and the Corporate seal of the City, this
day of ' 11996.
City Clerk
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