City of Long Beach
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MEMORADUM
Date: June 20, 2023
To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
From: Councilwoman Megan Kerr, Fifth District
Subject: Funds Transfer to support local organizations
RECOMMENDATION:
Increase appropriations in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department by $1,500, offset by the Fifth Council District One -Time District Priority Funds transferred from the Citywide Activities Department to provide a donation to:
• $1,000 to Care Closet LBC to support their ongoing operations to assist and provide opportunities for people experiencing homelessness;
• $500 to Wild West Women, Inc., in support of the Women’s Fair; and, Decrease appropriations in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department by $1,500 to offset a transfer to the City Manager Department.
DISCUSSION:
Councilwoman Megan Kerr would like to support the following organizations:
• Care Closet LBC, a local organization that provides assistance to people experien cing homelessness. The transfer of these One -time District Priority Funds will help to support their ongoing mission.
• The Wild West Women, Inc/Long Beach Suffrage 100 is an active organization that helps educate our community on the history of suffrage in the United States. To commemorate the first proposal of the Equal Rights Amendment (ERA), 100 years ago, the Long Beach Suffrage 100 will be hosting a Women’s Fair on July 18th, 2023, at the Long Beach City Hall Plaza. The transfer of these One -time Distr ict Priority Funds will help to support the event and ongoing mission.
This matter has been reviewed by Budget Analyst Joe R. Guerrero on June 7, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT
This recommendation requests the City Manager to provide contributions of $1,000 to Care Closet LBC and $500 to Wild West Women, Inc., to support their mission and event as written above . The total C-2
Honorable Mayor and City Council
June 20, 2023
appropriation increase of $1,500 in the General Fund Group in the City Manager Department will be offset by a decrease of appropriation of Fifth Council District One -time District Priority Funds in the General Fund Group in the Citywide Activities Department. T his recommendation is anticipated to require a minimal level of staff hours beyond normal budgeted scope of duties and is expected to have a minimal impact on existing City Council priorities.