HomeMy WebLinkAbout033570 ORD - 02/11/2025Ordinance authorizing the acceptance of a $322,260.00 grant from the
U.S. Department of Energy's FY 2023-2024 Energy Efficiency and
Conservation Block Grant Program to replace existing lighting with
energy efficient lighting for the Aviation Department and the Parks &
Recreation Department; and appropriating $322,260.00 into the
Department of Energy Grant Fund.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI,
TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The City Manager, or his designee ("City Manager"), is authorized to
execute all documents necessary to accept funding in the amount of $322,260.00 from
the U.S. Department of Energy's FY 2023-2024 Energy Efficiency and Conservation
Block Grant Program ("EECBG") to replace existing lighting with energy efficient lighting
for the Aviation Department and the Parks & Recreation Department. Furthermore, the
funding is appropriated in the Department of Energy Grant Fund.
SECTION 2. No cash match nor in -kind services are required for this grant.
SECTION 3. The City Manager may reject or terminate this grant. Furthermore, the City
Manager is authorized to execute contract amendments pertaining to these grant funds
in the following instances: (a) for the carry-over of funds, when ascertained and approved
by the funding agency through a revised notice of award; (b) a no -cost extension; (c)
when an amendment will provide supplemental grant funds in an amount not to exceed
20% of the original grant amount; (d) for reimbursement increases of administration funds
for each participant served; (e) to comply with applicable State or federal laws and
regulations; and (f) for matters which do not change the essential purpose of the grant.
SECTION 4. The Director of Finance & Procurement is designated as the City's
authorized official to administer this grant. The authorized official is empowered to apply
for, accept, reject, or terminate the grant and its funding, execute all necessary
documents, and administer the grant on behalf of the City as the applicant agency.
SECTION 5. In the event of the loss or misuse of these EECGB grant funds, the City
assures that the funds will be returned to the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of State
and Community Energy Programs, in full.
Introduced and voted on the (1 day of TM , 2025.
PASSED and APPROVED on the 1 'day of r , 2025.
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033570
SCANNED
CITY OF CORPUS CHRISTI
CERTIFICATION OF FUNDS
(City Charter Article IV, Sections 7 & 8)
I, the Director of the Finance & Procurement Department of the City of Corpus Christi, Texas (or his/her
duly authorized representative), hereby certify to the City Council and other appropriate officers that the
money required for the current fiscal year's portion of the contract, agreement, obligation or
expenditure described below is in the Treasury to the credit of the Fund specified below, from which it is
to be drawn, and has not been appropriated for any other purpose. Future payments are subject to
annual appropriation by the City Council.
City Council Action Date: 1/28/2025 Legistar Number: 24-2073
Agenda Item: Ordinance authorizing the acceptance and appropriation of $322,260.00 from the U.S.
Department of Energy's FY 2023-2024 Energy Efficiency and Conservation Block Grant Program for
funding in the amount of $322,260.00 to replace existing lighting with energy efficient lighting for the
Aviation Department and the Parks & Recreation Department; and amending the Department of Energy
Grant Fund.
Amount Required: (Amount to be Certified) $ 322,260.00
Fund Name
Accounting
Unit
Account
No.
Activity No.
Amount
Department of Energy Grant Fund
1077-36-89
530000
$322,260.00
Total
$322,260.00
❑ Certification Not Required
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Director of Finance & Procurement Department
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