TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Beth Beatty, City Manager
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Approving a Grant to the Joliet Area Historical Museum
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BACKGROUND:
This item was originally presented on January 2, 2024 and was tabled until February 6th.
The City has been providing annual funding to the Joliet Area Historical Museum since 2002. Previously this funding was through an operating agreement/budget subsidy. For 2024 we are proposing converting the funding to a grant. As a grant, the City has limited the eligible uses for the funds, set required operating metrics, and will receive regular reporting to ensure the grant requirements are being met.
This grant also changes the funding arraignment to be a reimbursement grant instead of monthly subsidy. The museum would need to submit supporting documentation to accompany the grant draw. The specific details on what is required is decided by the City.
We are proposing that the $250,000 grant for the Museum be a reimbursable grant for the following purposes:
$25,000 - Regularly scheduled public events and educational programs at the Museum, including but not limited to:
* Concert series at the Museum Rooftop Terrace and/or Auditorium
* Historic Happy Hour Program Series
* Second Sunday History Program
$125,000 - Administration of public operation for tours, program, and special events at the Old Joliet Prison Historic Site at 1125 Collins Street, Joliet, IL on a seasonal basis. (Approximately March-November)
$100,000 - Administration of public operation for tours, program, and special events at the Joliet Area Museum City Center Campus at 204 N Ottawa St, Joliet IL and Union Depot Tower Rail Museum at 100 E Jefferson Street, Joliet, IL. Curatorial functions including regularly scheduled exhibits, physical storage, and preservation of artifacts of publicly assessable research files. Identification, application, and administration of grants from State, Federal, and Private sources.
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