Title
Resolution to Increase the Limit from $25,000.00 to $75,000.00 for City Administrator Authorization to Accept Grant Awards, Execute Grant Agreements, and Appropriate Awarded Grant Funds (8 Votes Required)
Memorandum
On September 24, 2007, City Council approved #R-07-452, which streamlined the grant process by authorizing the City Administrator to accept grant proceeds and appropriate the funding of grants to the applicable service area budget in the amounts of $25,000.00 or less, for the life of the grant without regard to fiscal year.
This resolution requests that City Council authorize an increase to that authorized threshold amount from $25,000.00 to $75,000.00. This change will align with the City of Ann Arbor's Charter changes, approved by Ann Arbor voters on November 2, 2021, and subsequent Ordinance changes, which increased the limit for City Administrator approval of purchases of goods and services from $25,000.00 to $75,000.00
Budget/Fiscal Impact: There is no fiscal impact as a result of this change.
Staff
Prepared by: Marti Praschan, Chief Financial Officer
Reviewed by: Michelle Landis, Senior Assistant City Attorney
Approved by: Milton Dohoney Jr., City Administrator
Body
Whereas, City Council authorized the approval of grant agreements and the appropriation of funding for awarded grants of $25,000.00 or less via #R-07-452;
Whereas, On November 2, 2021 Ann Arbor voters approved an amendment to the City Charter increasing the limit for City Administrator approval of purchases of goods and services from $25,000.00 to $75,000.00 (Charter Amendment);
Whereas, Chapter 14 of City Code was subsequently amended to reflect the changes in the Charter Amendment;
Whereas, The City of Ann Arbor has increased efforts in grant writing and is seeing an increase in awarded grant funding; and
Whereas, Increasing the threshold for acceptance and appropriation of grant agreements and awards would further streamline the grant process;
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