HomeMy WebLinkAbout10148RESOLUTION NO. 10148
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF $1,000 FROM THE CONTINGENCIES
ACCOUNT IN THE 2004 GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO THE PUEBLO MEDAL OF HONOR
FOUNDATION TO UPGRADE THE MEDAL OF HONOR DISPLAY AT THE PUEBLO
CONVENTION CENTER
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF PUEBLO, that:
SECTION 1.
The transfer of $1,000 from the Contingencies Account in the 2004 General Fund budget to
the Pueblo Medal of Honor Foundation is hereby approved.
SECTION 2.
Said funds shall be used to pay for upgrades to the Medal of Honor display in the hallway of
the Pueblo Convention Center.
INTRODUCED June 14, 2004
BY Michael Occhiato
Councilperson
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PRESIE OF CITY COUNCIL
ATTESTED BY:
CITY CLERK
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Background Paper for Proposed
RESOLUTION
AGENDA ITEM # �y
DATE: June 14, 2004
DEPARTMENT: CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE
LEE R. EVETT, CITY MANAGER
DAVE GALLI, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER
TITLE
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE TRANSFER OF $1,000 FROM THE
CONTINGENCIES ACCOUNT IN THE 2004 GENERAL FUND BUDGET TO
THE PUEBLO MEDAL OF HONOR FOUNDATION TO UPGRADE THE MEDAL
OF HONOR DISPLAY AT THE PUEBLO CONVENTION CENTER
ISSUE
The Pueblo Medal of Honor Foundation is working with the Pueblo Convention
Center to upgrade the Medal of Honor display in the hallway of the Convention
Center. The upgrade will include a computer and keyboard, which will allow
citizens to look up information on any Medal of Honor recipient and read the
details of their citation. The total cost of the upgrade is $5,000, which will be
divided as follows: City of Pueblo, $1,000; County of Pueblo, $1,000; Urban
Renewal Authority, $1,000; Pueblo Medal of Honor Foundation, $1,000, and
John and Nadene Verna, $1,000
RECOMMENDATION
This resolution is placed on the agenda at the request of Council Member
Chostner.
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Funds in the amount of $1,000 will be transferred from the Contingencies
Account in the 2004 General Fund Budget (see attached spreadsheet for the
balance in the contingencies account).
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PUEBLO MEDAL OF HONOR FOUNDATION ! Home of Heroes
Tuesday, June 01, 2004
Dave Galli
Assistant City Manager
1 City Hall Place
Pueblo, CO 81003
Dear Dave,
The Pueblo Medal of Honor Foundation is working with the Pueblo Convention Center to
upgrade the inside Medal of Honor display in the hallway of the Convention Center. This display
was Doug Sterner's idea and to make it happen it became a collaborative effort financially of
John and Nadene Verna, the City and County of Pueblo and the Pueblo Urban Renewal
Authority, the Pueblo Chieftain, and Pete Lemon. While the purview of the Pueblo Medal of
Honor Foundation is the outside Memorial, we feel that the inside display can be upgraded to
draw more attention and offer information not available outside. We wish to add a computer and
keyboard which will allow a person to look up any Medal of Honor recipient and read about their
citation. The data base that Doug Sterner has created will call them up by name, by branch of the
service, by war, by state. It will allow a visitor to the display to read something on every one of
the over 3,400 names we have listed outside.
The voice chip will also be upgraded. Currently it mentions that Pueblo's four Medal of Honor
recipients are all living. We want to use wording that will alleviate the need to change it should
something happen to each of the two living Pueblo recipients.
We would like to have this all in place by September of this year when we host a Family and
Friends of the Medal of Honor Convention September 30, October 1 & 2.
We are asking the City of Pueblo to help with a $1,000 donation toward this $5,000 venture. We
are also asking the County Commissioners and the Pueblo Urban Renewal Authority to do the
same and join the Pueblo Medal of Honor Foundation and John and Nadene Verna who have
each pledged $1,000 toward this joint venture.
We thank you for your consideration in this matter. Since I will be out of town for a week, if you
have any questions please feel free to contact Paulette Stuart, the Executive Director of the
Pueblo Medal of Honor Foundation. She may be reached at The Pueblo Chieftain at the phone
number and address listed below.
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o A. Verna
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"Home of Heroes" -P.O. Box 4040 Pueblo, CO 81003 • 719.544.3520 or 800.279.6397 Ext 516
Fox:719.595.4334 • e- moil:pstuort @chieftain.com