TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Kevin Sing, Director of Finance
SUBJECT:
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Resolution Approving a Grant to the Joliet Area Historical Museum
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BACKGROUND:
The City has been providing annual funding to the Joliet Area Historical Museum since 2002. In 2024 this funding was changed to a grant. As a grant, the City has limited the eligible uses for the funds, set required operating metrics, and receives regular reporting to ensure the grant requirements are being met.
This grant is a reimbursement grant, meaning that the museum must expend funds and then request a grant draw with supporting documentation.
Similar to 2024, the proposed 2025 grant is $250,000.00 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
• Adult & Community Programs (Speakers, Lectures & Presentations)
• Children's Themed Events
• Historic Architectural and/or Thematic Walking & Shuttle Tours (Seasonal/Weather Permitting)
$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.
To continue to be eligible for grant funding the Museum must:
1. Grantee must maintain regular public hours including both weekdays and weekends, exempting seasonal closures, at all Grantor Sites.
2. Grantee must hold at least one monthly Grantee sponsored public event or program at the Museum City Center Campus or Union Depot Tower Rail. Content at the sole discretion of the Grantee.
3. Grantee must hold at least one yearly Grantee sponsored public event or program at the Old Joliet Prison Historic Site. Content at the sole discretion of the Grantee.
4. Use of Grant Funds for the purchase of alcohol is prohibited.
5. All funds must be spent for costs/events located within the City of Joliet corporate limits.
This grant has been included in the 2025 annual budget under Org: 02001000/Object: 548400.
Finance Committee will review this item on April 15, 2025.
CONCLUSION:
This grant is intended to continue to preserve Joliet’s history including the Old Joliet Prison and Union Depot Rail Tower.
RECOMMENDATION:
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Approval of this item will continue to provide funding to Joliet Area Historical Museum.
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