20-2547ORDINANCE NO.20-2547
AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF DENTON AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER. OR
HIS DESIGNEE, TO ACCEPT THE DENTON BENEFIT LEAGUE GRANT IN THE AMOUNT
OF $7,307.71, FOR THE PERIOD OF DECEMBER 1, 2020 THROUGH JULY 1, 2021;
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO CARRY OUT ALL DUTIES OF THE CITY
PURSUANT TO THE GRANT; PROVIDING FOR THE EXPENDITURE OF FUNDS;
PROVIDING A SAVINGS CLAUSE; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the Denton Benefit League Grant will provide financial assistance toward
expenditures related to the Young Reader Initiative grant program (the “Program”), including
supplies, books, puppets, and marketing tools to provide persistent and sustainable access to
materials for the public, and other miscellaneous expenses related to the Program’s goals and
objectives; and
WHEREAS, the City desires to expand and implement the 1,000 Books Before
Kindergarten literacy initiative, which supports language development, early literacy skills, and
relationship building for infants, toddlers, and preschool aged children; and
WHEREAS, the funding of the Project will result in Denton families learning how to share
the joy of reading and learning with young children, children developing language and literacy
pronciencies, and continued reading and educational achievements once a child begins
Kindergarten; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it in the best interest of the citizens of the City of
Denton to authorize the City Manager, or his designee, to accept the Denton Benefit League Grant
in the amount of $7,307.71 from the Denton Benefit League for the period of December 1, 2020
through July 1, 2021; and
WHEREAS, Denton Benefit League has provided the City with its Grant Memorandum
of Understanding, attached hereto as Exhibit A, and the City Council finds that the Grant
Memorandum of Understanding is acceptable and is in the public interest; NOW, THEREFORE,
THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY ORDAINS :
SECTION 1. The findings and recitations contained in the preamble of this Ordinance are
incorporated herein by reference.
SECTION 2. The City Council authorizes the City Manager, or his designee, to accept the
Denton Benefit League Grant and execute the Grant Memorandum of Understanding attached as
Exhibit A on behalf of the City.
SECTION 3. The City Manager, or his designee, is further authorized to carry out all duties
and obligations of the City under the Grant Agreement and to take such additional actions
necessary and appropriate to effectuate the purpose of the grant, including but not limited to the
expenditure of funds.
SECTION 4. If any section, subsection, paragraph, sentence, clause, phrase, or word in
this Ordinance, or the application thereof to any person or under any circumstances is held
invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, such holding shall not affect the validity of the
remaining portions of this Ordinance, and the City Council of the City of Denton hereby declares
it would have enacted such remaining portions despite any such invalidity.
SECTION 5. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
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Birdia Johnson, District 1 :
Connie Baker, District 2:
Jesse Davis. District 3 :
John Ryan, District 4:
Deb Al:minton At Large Place 5 :
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:
PASSED AND APPROVED this the gB day of IGc\Lnc'202 1
GERARD HUDSPETH, MAYOR
ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY
APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
AARON LEAL, CITY ATTORNEY
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Denton Benefit League - MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING
This memorandum of understanding (MOU) constitutes a binding agreement between the Denton Benefit League (DBL) and
City of Denton (Recipient)
regarding grant funding in the amount of $7,307.71 which is being provided to Recipient for the sole purpose of:
Grant Info
Young Reader Initiative - 1,000 Books before Kindergarten. Supplies (folders, stickers, etc.), books, hand puppets
branding/marketing items for use as a City of Denton Public Library program
• The completed MOU must be returned to grants@)dentonbenefitleague.org no later than December 1, 2020 in order
for the grant funding to be disbursed.
• This MOU requires the signatures of the applicant and the Board Chair/President or Department Head.
The recipient understands, covenants and agrees to the following: (initial next to each point)
Grant funding must be used for the sole purpose described above and will be expended in exactly the manner described in
the recipient’s application and as awarded.
Grant funding may not be used for additional or different items or projects. Unauthorized use of the grant funding voids this
MOU and the recipient shall return ALL of the grant funding to DBL. Using funds in other ways may result in the Grant
Recipient being ineligible for future DBL Grant Awards for at least 1 year.
If the entire amount of the grant funding is not needed for the purpose(s) named above, any unused portion of $100 or greater
shall be returned to DBL no later than July 1, 2021
DBL shall receive acknowledgement as a donor/supporter in recipient’s publications and media releases. The DBL logo or
name shall appear on recipient’s publicity and web site.
Receipts and documentation verifying the expenditure of grant funding shall be returned to the DBL Grant Chair no later than
July 1, 2020. Recipient shall also provide a report containing the following information:
o The name and address of recipient.
o The date and amount of the grant funding.
o The purpose of the grant funding.
o The amounts expended by recipient (with receipts and documentation verifying the expenditures)
o A statement that no portion of the grant nrnding has been used for any purpose other than described above.
Recipient agrees to allow DBL to review the expenditure of grant funding by site visit, to allow DBL to release news of the
grant to the media, and to publish the recipient’s name/logo and/or photograph on DBL’s website.
Recipient certifies that their organization has no outstanding liens, judgments, or defaulted indebtedness and is not under
review by any government agency.
Recipient certifies that this grant funding from DBL does not duplicate funding received for the same purpose from other
sources
Recipient understands that not adhering to the above requirements may render them ineligible for future DBL Grant awards
for at least 1 year to be determined by the DBL Grant Committee and DBL Board of Directors.
Laura Brewer. DBL President Rebecca Jackson, DBL Grant Allocations Chair
Accepted and Agreed To:
SUBRECIPIENT
City of Denton, Denton Public Library
Todd Hileman, City Manager
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
AARON LEAL, CITY ATTORNEY