Subject: 9693/City Code/2-326(e)Nonprofit/providing info
Date: Fri, 17 Nov 1989 08:45:00 -0500


                             ORDINANCE NO. _________
                  
                  
                   AN ORDINANCE TO AMEND CHATTANOOGA CITY CODE,
                   PART II, SECTION 2-326(e) TO REQUIRE ALL
                   NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC
                   INFORMATION PRIOR TO CONSIDERATION BY THE
                   CHATTANOOGA CITY COUNCIL OF ANY APPROPRIATED
                   FUND REQUEST FROM THE BUDGET OF THE CITY OF
                   CHATTANOOGA.
                  
                                                    
                  
                  
                  
       	    	 SECTION 1.  BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
       CITY OF CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE, that Chattanooga City Code, Part
       II, Section 2-326(e) is deleted in its entirety and the following 

       new subsection (e) is substituted in lieu thereof as
       follows:
                   (e)  Any non-profit organization requesting
                   funds from the City of Chattanooga shall
                   furnish the Mayor and all Council Members
                   prior to any consideration of monetary
                   appropriation with the following information:
                     
                      1.  The name and address of the non-profit
                          organization;
                     
                      2.  The name, address and telephone number
                          of a specific contact person
                          knowledgeable within the non-profit
                          organization relative to any request
                          for fund assistance;
                     
                      3.  A copy of the applicable budget for
                          the non-profit organization effective
                          at the time any request for assistance
                          from the City of Chattanooga is made;
                     
                      4.  A copy of the charter of the
                          non-profit organization filed with
                          Tennessee Secretary of State;
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                      5.  A reference to the specific non-profit
                          exemption applicable to such
                          non-profit organization under the
                          Internal Revenue Code;
                     
                      6.  A copy of the annual report of the
                          non-profit organization applicable for
                          the year in which assistance is
                          requested from the City of Chattanooga
                          which shall include, but is not
                          limited to:
                     
                            (a)	 A copy of the annual audit or
                                 review (satisfactory to the
                                 Council's fiscal advisor) for
                                 non-profit organization;
                           
                            (b)	 A description of the specific
                                 programs of the non-profit
                                 organization which serve the
                                 residents of the City of
                                 Chattanooga; and
                           
                            (c)	 The proposed usage for any
                                 financial assistance appro-
                                 priated by the City of
                                 Chattanooga.
                           
                      7.  A statement by the chief executive
                          officer of the non-profit organization
                          indicating that the non-profit
                          organization will provide a detailed
                          accounting of how and for what purpose
                          municipal funds were spent by the
                          non-profit organization prior to the
                          close of the City of Chattanooga's
                          fiscal budget year and at the close of
                          each succeeding fiscal budget year
                          until all municipal funds have been
                          spent by the non-profit organization;
                          along with the list of the
                          accomplishments scheduled by use of
                          the municipal funding.
                     
                      8.  A statement by the chief executive
                          officer of the non-profit organization
                          that the non-profit organization will
                          provide the City of Chattanooga with
                          copies of annual audits or reviews
                          (satisfactory to the Council's fiscal
                          advisor) of the non-profit
                          organization for each year that it
                          spends funds appropriated to it by the
                          City of Chattanooga; and
                     
                      9.  Each non-profit organization request-
                          ing funds from the City of Chattanooga
                          shall pay an application fee of
                          $50.00 which shall be expended to
                          cover the costs of advertising notices
                          pursuant to T.C.A. A76-54-111 and to
                          defray clerical time and supplies
                          associated with the application.
                     
       	    SECTION 2.  BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that this Ordinance shall 

       take effect two weeks from and after its passage on third and
       final reading as required by law. 
      
       PASSED on Third and Final
       Reading  ________ ___, 1992.  
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       	    	      	   	     	         CHAIRPERSON
      
       	    	      	   	     APPROVED:_______ DISAPPROVED:_______
      
       	    	      	   	     DATE:_________________ ______, 1992.
      
       	    	      	   	     ____________________________________
       	    	      	   	     	             MAYOR
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