Resolution 15629CITY OF ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 15629
AMENDING THE GENERAL FUND BUDGET FOR FISCAL YEAR
2019-20 BY $130,000 FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH
COORDINATION OF THE ALAMEDA 4th OF JULY PARADE
WHEREAS, on June 6, 2019, the City Council did adopt a budget representing the
financial plan for conducting the affairs of the City of Alameda for the Fiscal Year
beginning July 1 , 2019 and ending June 30, 2021; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda 4th of July Parade (Parade) is a well-established and
popular community event that will celebrate its 44th year in 2020; and
WHEREAS, the Parade was coordinated for over four decades by the volunteer-
based Parade Foundation which informed the City that this volunteer group will no longer
be working on the parade, therefore the City will be assuming responsibility for
coordination of the Parade with the Recreation and Parks Department delegated to
provide all oversight and coordination; and
WHEREAS, a significantly higher level of security is now required due to increasing
potential threats as seen across the country at other community events; and
WHEREAS, the FY 2019-20 budget already allocates $50,000 from the General
Fund toward the Parade and additional funding is required for increased security and staff
event coordination; and
WHEREAS, staff is proposing that the General Fund Recreation and Parks
Department expenditure appropriations be increased by $130,000,
WHEREAS, the City Council has considered the report and recommendations of
the City Manager on the budget amendment and has determined that the budget
amendment is both fair and appropriate; and
WHEREAS, the City Council has given this budget due consideration as to its
projected revenues, anticipated expenditures and available fund balances.
NOW, THERE FORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Alameda that
budget amendment to the City's General Fund Recreations and Parks Department Fiscal
Year 2019-20 Budget is approved, by increasing expenditure appropriations by $130,000.
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I, the undersigned, hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution was duly and
regularly adopted and passed by the Council of the City of Alameda in a regular meeting
assembled on the ?th day of January, 2020, by the following vote to wit:
AYES: Councilmembers Daysog, Knox White, Oddie, Vella and
Mayor Ezzy Ashcraft-5.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: None.
ABSTENTIONS: None.
IN WITNESS, WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the seal of
said City this ath day of January 2020 .
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Lara Weisiger, i
City of Alameda