Legislation Details

File #: O-202-26    Version: Name:
Type: Ordinance Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 7/22/2026 In control: Metro Council
On agenda: 8/13/2026 Final action:
Title: AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $4,000 $6,550 IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER: $4,000 FROM DISTRICT 6; $1,300 FROM DISTRICT 3; $750 FROM DISTRICT 21; AND $500 FROM DISTRICT 2; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO BRIDGE KIDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFRICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL TO BE HELD AUGUST 21-22, OCTOBER 16-17, 2026 (AS AMENDED).
Sponsors: JP Lyninger (D-6), Shameka Parrish-Wright (D-3), Betsy Ruhe (D-21), Barbara Shanklin (D-2)
Attachments: 1. O-202-26 V.2 FAM 081326 D6 NDF for Bridge Kids International.pdf, 2. O-202-26 Supporting Documents BKI.pdf, 3. O-202-26 V.1 073026 D6 NDF for Bridge Kids International.pdf, 4. O-202-26 PROPOSED FAM 081326 D6 NDF for Bridge Kids International.pdf

ordinance no. _______, series 2026

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AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $4,000 $6,550 IN NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN THE FOLLOWING MANNER:  $4,000 FROM DISTRICT 6; $1,300 FROM DISTRICT 3; $750 FROM DISTRICT 21; AND $500 FROM DISTRICT 2; THROUGH THE OFFICE OF MANAGEMENT AND BUDGET, TO BRIDGE KIDS INTERNATIONAL, INC. FOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE AFRICAN HERITAGE FESTIVAL TO BE HELD AUGUST 21-22,  OCTOBER 16-17, 2026 (AS AMENDED).

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SPONSORED BY: Council membERS lyninger, SHANKLIN, PARRISH-WRIGHT, AND RUHE

 

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF THE LOUISVILLE/JEFFERSON COUNTY METRO GOVERNMENT (“THE COUNCIL”) AS FOLLOWS:

 

SECTION I:  The sum of $4,000 $ 6,550 is hereby appropriated in Neighborhood Development Funds in the following manner:  $4,000 from District 6; $1,300 from District 3; $750 from District 21; and $500 from District 2; to Bridge Kids International, Inc. for costs associated with The African Heritage Festival to be held August 21-22, October 16-17, 2026.

SECTION II:                     The Council has determined the funds requested in this Ordinance will be expended for a public purpose.

SECTION III:                       This grant is subject to the Council’s Policies and Procedures as adopted and effective at the date of passage of this Ordinance.

SECTION IV:                     This Ordinance shall take effect upon its passage and approval or otherwise becoming law.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

_______________________________ Sonya Harward Metro Council Clerk

_____________________________ Brent Ackerson President of the Council

  _______________________________ Craig Greenberg Mayor

  _____________________________ Approval Date

 

 

APPROVED AS TO FORM:

Michael J. O’Connell

Jefferson County Attorney

 

 

BY:  ________________________________

 

O-202-26 Bridge Kids International, Inc. African American Heritage Festival