2022-2002 FILE RESOLUTION NO. 2022-2002
A resolution approving the Pay It Forward Grant Program allocations and authorizing
the City Manager to enter into agreements with the selected grantee organizations and
expend funds to effectuate said grant agreements.
WHEREAS, the Common Council authorized the Pay It Forward Grant Program on January
10, 2022; and
WHEREAS, through said authorization, Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000.00) were allocated for
use by local 501(c)3 and 501(c)4 organizations to make capital improvements and pay for one-
time expenses, such as start-up costs or time-limited programming; and
WHEREAS, through the application process, fifty-five applications were received totaling
$17,586,334.20; and
WHEREAS, the Pay It Forward Grant Program committee reviewed, scored, and deliberated
on each application, finally choosing these successful projects and organizations based on
their potential to benefit Janesville residents and the community, and do the greater amount of
public good:
Recommended
Organization Grant Amount Grant Purpose
ECHO -WPHD $ 851,600.00 Build six units of low-income transitional housing
Boys & Girls Club of Janesville $ 750,000.00 Build a new Boys & Girls Club of Janesville facility
Red Road House $ 61,587.00 Home repairs, updated equipment, energy efficiency,
and maintenance for transitional living
CESA#2 VOA $ 61,486.00 Replace the wheelchair van used to transport clients
Aptiv $ 66,000.00 Replace agency fleet vehicles for staff traveling to
clients
Wesley Avenue Alano Club, Inc $ 100,000.00 ADA facility upgrades
Janesville Lions Club $ 59,327.00 Add pavilion, sidewalk structure, ADA accessibility at
Lions Beach
Isaac Strong Foundation $ 50,000.00 Purchase of vehicle to transport families to cancer
care appointments
And;
WHEREAS, the Common Council intends to fund the awarded Pay It Forward Grant Program
projects through monies set aside as lost revenue from the American Rescue Plan Act Local
Fiscal Recovery Fund allocation to the City of Janesville; and
WHEREAS, the successful proposed project and purposes, and the issuance of monies for
these purposes, would be in the best interest of, and of benefit to, the community.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Common Council of the City of Janesville
hereby authorize and direct the City Manager to enter into grant agreements with the selected
grantee organizations, and to expend funds to effectuate said grant agreements; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Manager, and his designees, are hereby
authorized to negotiate, draft, prepare, execute, file and modify such other documents, papers
and agreements ancillary and/or pertaining thereto and, from time to time, to take and/or make
whatever other actions and/or modifications to the above described agreements as the City
Manager and/or his designee may deem necessary and/or desirable to effectuate the purposes
of such agreements and the intent of this resolution.
ADOPTED: April 11, 2022 Motion by: Marklein
Second by: Jackson
APPROVED: Councilmember Aye Nay Pass Absent
Benson X
Jackson X
Mark reitag, City Manager Johnson x
Marklein X
Marshick X
ATTEST: Miller x
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Williams X
Lorena Rae Stottler, City Clerk-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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Wald Klimczyk, City Attorney
Proposed by: City Manager's Office
Prepared by: City Manager's Office