CHICAGO, May 28, 2014
To the President and Members of the City Council:
Your Committee on the Budget and Government Operations, having had under consideration an Ordinance authorizing a supplemental appropriation and an amendment to the year 2014 Annual Appropriation Ordinance necessary to reflect an increase in the amount of funds received from Federal, State, public, and/or private agencies, and having been presented with a proposed Substitute Ordinance by the Office of Budget and Management; and having had the same under advisement, begs leave to report and recommend that Your Honorable Body pass the Substitute Ordinance transmitted herewith.
This recommendation was concurred in by a viva voce vote of the members of the Committee.
Carrie M. Austin Chairman
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SUBSTITUTE ORDINANCE
WHEREAS, the Annual Appropriation Ordinance for the year 2014 of the City of Chicago (the "City") contains estimates of revenues receivable as grants from agencies of the state and federal governments and public and private agencies; and
WHEREAS, in accordance with Section 8 of the Annual Appropriation Ordinance, the heads of various departments and agencies of the City have applied to agencies of the state and federal governments and public and private agencies for grants to the City for various purposes; and
WHEREAS, the City through its Office of Budget and Management has been awarded private grant funds in the amount of $2,000,000 by James McHugh Construction Co. which shall be used by the City's Budget Director or her designee for the MBE/WBE/DBE Certification and Compliance Program; and
WHEREAS, the City through its Department of Cultural Affairs and Special Events ("DCASE") has been awarded additional federal grant funds in the amount of $5,000 by the National Endowment for the Arts which will be used for the Art Works Program; and
WHEREAS, the City through DCASE has been awarded additional private grant funds in the amount of $15,000 by the Joyce Foundation which...
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