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TITLE: Donation Acceptance Policy
POLICY 204
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ADOPTED: October 21, 2003
AMENDED OR
REVISED:
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Purpose
From time to time, individuals, community groups and businesses may wish
to make donations to the City in either cash or in -kind contributions that
enhance projects, facilities, and programs, and the need for such projects,
facilities and programs often exceeds the City's ability to fund them.
Accordingly, it is an acceptable and appropriate practice to accept
donations, in order to enhance city programs and/or facilities to provide a
higher level of service to the public.
The purpose of this Policy is to establish an orderly and efficient process for
the acceptance of donations made to the City. It is also important to
process donations in such a way so as to distinguish donations made to the
City from those made to individuals, e.g. gifts or campaign contributions.
Policy
All donations made to the City shall be accepted and processed according
to the following:
1. The donation must have a purpose consistent with City goals and
objectives.
2. The City Council may decline any donation without comment or
cause.
3. The donation will not be in conflict with any provision of the law.
4. In kind donations will be aesthetically acceptable to the City.
5. The donation will not add to the workload of the City Council or staff
unless it provides a net benefit to the City.
6. The donation will not bring hidden costs such as starting a program
the City would be unwilling to fund when the donation was
exhausted.