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CITY OF fliT. JOS":""
Council Agenda Item JJ.f~
MEETING DATE:
March 6, 2008
AGENDA ITEM:
Acceptance of Gifts - Accept the donations and their purposes as
presented.
SUBMITTED BY:
Finance
BOARD/COMMISSION/COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION: N/ A
PREVIOUS COUNCIL ACTION: None
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: Minnesota Statute 465.04 authorizes and empowers cities to
receive and accept gifts and donations for the use and benefit of the city and the inhabitants thereof upon
terms and conditions to be approved by the governing bodies ofthe city. Cities are authorized to comply
with and perform such terms and conditions of the donation.
Minnesota Statute 465.03 states the acceptance shall be by resolution of the city adopted by a 2/3 majority
of its members, expressing such terms in full.
Attached is a list of donations received by the city and a description of what the donation is intended to be
used for. By accepting these donations, the city is accepting the intent of the donations also.
BUDGET/FISCAL IMPACT:
None
ATTACHMENTS:
Donations list
REQUESTED COUNCIL ACTION: Accept the donations and their purposes as presented.
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St. Joseph Lions Club
705 Hill St. W.
St. Joseph, MN 56374
(320) 363-1262
February 22,2008
City of St. Joseph
25 N. College Ave.
St. Joseph, MN 56374
To Whom It May Concern:
Attached are checks from the St. Joseph Lions Club which total $10,000.00. This is the
remaining amount from an initial commitment of $45,000 made in 2002 towards the
College Avenue street beautification project. We appreciate your patience in this process.
At the time of the commitment, the club had hoped to use proceeds from our gambling to
finalize the commitment. Since 2002, our gambling proceeds have declined significantly.
We supplemented this fmal payment with proceeds from our project account. Our project
account has been bolstered in recent years by the addition of several additional club work
functions including numerous brat sales at the St. Joseph Meat Market.
We appreciate your support of the recent decision to allow us to continue to use signage
to promote our brat sales. As gambling potentially becomes a more questionable source
of funding for our club's charitable efforts in the future, we hope to have continued
success in our fund-raising projects.
Best Regards
Lyle Kruse
Treasurer,
St Joseph Lions Club
City of St. Joseph, Minnesota
Donations Received
As of February 28, 2008
Donor
St. Joseph Lion's Club
Parents of Murdered Children
Item
Cash
Cash
Purpose
College Ave Beautification
Wobegon Trail
Value
$ 10,000.00
$ 20.00