File #: 23-461    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Passed
File created: 9/20/2023 In control: County Legislature
On agenda: Final action: 10/10/2023
Title: AUTHORIZING THE DISBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO AND AN AGREEMENT WITH THE IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM AND AMENDING THE 2023 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET
Sponsors: Andrew Joyce, Dennis A. Feeney, Robert J. Beston, William M. Clay, Mickey Cleary, Frank J. Commisso, Lynne Lekakis, Carolyn McLaughlin, Matthew J. Miller, Victoria Plotsky, Dustin M. Reidy, William Reinhardt, Bill L. Ricard, Ellen Rosano, Merton D. Simpson, Wanda F. Willingham
Attachments: 1. Irish American Heritage Museum, 2. Arts Culture Tourism Grant Master List of Projects by Tier (08.25.23)_RPA, 3. 23-461 ARPA - TMP-4641 - Irish American Heritage Museum
RESOLUTION NO. 461

AUTHORIZING THE DISBURSEMENT OF AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING TO AND AN AGREEMENT WITH THE IRISH AMERICAN HERITAGE MUSEUM AND AMENDING THE 2023 ALBANY COUNTY BUDGET

Introduced: 10/10/23
By ARPA Executive Committee, A. Joyce, Feeney, Beston, Clay, Cleary, Commisso, Lekakis, McLaughlin, Miller, Plotsky, Reidy, Reinhardt, Ricard, Rosano, Simpson and Willingham:

WHEREAS, The County of Albany received $29.6 million in funds from the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) which may be used for various projects and programs within the County to help mitigate the long-term effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic, and

WHEREAS, The Albany County Legislature created the ARPA Executive Committee and its various Subcommittees to determine how these funds should be distributed and to review applications for these monies, and

WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee and its various Subcommittees have worked tirelessly over the last year in order to establish guidelines that will assist them in reviewing and evaluating the numerous applications they will receive, and

WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee, having evaluated numerous proposals, has requested authorization to disburse ARPA funding in the amount of $50,000 to and enter into an agreement with the Irish American Heritage Museum for a term commencing September 11, 2023 and ending December 31, 2026, and

WHEREAS, The ARPA Executive Committee has indicated that such funding will be used to renovate the planetarium theater to better serve the needs of the Museum, now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, By the Albany County Legislature that the County Executive is authorized to disburse ARPA funding in the amount of $50,000 to and enter into an agreement with the Irish American Heritage Museum, Albany, NY 12207 regarding renovations to the planetarium theater for a term commencing September 11, 2023 and ending December 31, 2026, and, be it further

RESOLVED, By the Albany County L...

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