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File #: 25-286    Name:
Type: Resolution Status: Agenda Ready
File created: 6/20/2025 In control: City Council
On agenda: 7/2/2025 Final action:
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: Adopt a Resolution Establishing the Policy for the City Council Non-Profit Fund (CLK)
Attachments: 1. Attachment 1 - Resolution, 2. Attachment 2 - Exhibit A to Resolution (Proposed Policy)
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AGENDA TITLE:
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Adopt a Resolution Establishing the Policy for the City Council Non-Profit Fund (CLK)
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MEETING DATE:
July 2, 2025

PREPARED BY:
Olivia Nashed, City Clerk


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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Adopt a resolution establishing the Policy for the City Council Non-Profit Fund ("Non-Profit Fund").

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BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On June 4, 2025, as part of the Fiscal Year ("FY") 2025-2026 annual budget, the City Council voted to add $100,000 to the City Council budget, to be distributed evenly across the five Council Members in the amount of $20,000 each. Council indicated they would like each Councilmember to use these funds to support non-profits that benefit the Lodi community. Council directed staff to prepare a policy that allows nonprofits to submit funding requests to the City Council, and then each Councilmember can consider those requests and determine the nonprofit that they would like to allocate their portion of the funds to.

To carry our Council's direction, staff reviewed sample policies used by neighboring agencies and other California cities. In order to provide a uniform structure for the submission of requests and allocation of the Non-Profit Fund to local non-profits, the City staff prepared the proposed process to establish guidelines for the use for these funds.

Key elements of the recommended policy are as follows:

1. The City Manager, as part of the proposed budget each year, may allocate up to $20,000 for each Council District into the Non-Profit Fund. In years the City budget is not structurally balanced, there may be a reduced amount or no allocation into the Non-Profit Fund for this purpose.

2. The City Clerk will maintain and track the uses of the Non-Profit Fund by each Council District.

3. Unspent dollars in the Non-Profit Fund will not be carried forward in the following fiscal year. The City Clerk shall provide a Non-Profit Fund balance report at the beginning of third quarter of each fiscal ye...

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