Report to Mayor and City Council
Tuesday, May 07, 2019
Consent
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER RESOLUTION NO. 19-089, FORMALLY AUTHORIZING ADDITIONAL FUNDING FOR SELECT CITY OF CARSON SPECIAL EVENTS (CITY COUNCIL)
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I. SUMMARY
At the December 4, 2018, meeting, the City Council discussed and authorized additional funding to the FY 2018-19 budgets for Cinco de Mayo, the Youth Conference, Philippine Independence Day and Juneteenth. Additionally, Unity Day was reinstated, with the required funds to stage. In order to formalize this action, Resolution No. 19-089 must be approved.
II. RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
WAIVE further reading and ADOPT Resolution No. 19-089, "A RESOLUTION OF THE CARSON CITY COUNCIL AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2018-19 BUDGETS FOR CINCO DE MAYO, THE YOUTH CONFERENCE, PHILIPPINE INDEPENDENCE DAY, AND THE JUNETEENTH CELEBRATION, AND ESTABLISHING A BUDGET FOR THE DAY OF UNITY EVENT."
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III. ALTERNATIVES
TAKE another action the City Council deems appropriate.
IV. BACKGROUND
The City of Carson typically presents between 20-25 special events annually. These programs are funded by a combination of sources, primarily the General Fund, revenues through ticket sales and occasionally donations. With the creation of the Carson Community Foundation, additional support is now available.
During the most recent budget cycle, 16 of these special events were allocated funds by the City Council. In many cases the approved amounts for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018/19 were the same as what was appropriated in FY 2017/18. However, there remained several for which their budgets were either decreased or eliminated completely. It was during this process that the Youth Conference was provided with its $10,000.00 budget.
At its October 2, 2018, meeting, the City Council approved allocating $10,000.00 each to Cinco de Mayo and Philippine Independence Day. During its December 4, 2018, meeting, the City Council approved increasing the budgets of four events: ...
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