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April 13, 2006
Pennies from Heaven
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| The city will be handing out money at the April 27th Finance Committee meeting. Please feel free to attend. |
| More than 30 organizations are seeking funds from
the City of Chico to help them continue operations. The total greenback
expected to
be allotted this year is ~$740,000. The money will come from the General Fund, Community Development Block Grants
(CDBG),
and Transient Occupancy Tax (TOT).
This is about $100,000 more than last year. It's also $250,000 less than the City Council allotted. They didn't distribute all of the money the Council set aside because of other pressures on the General Fund account. I could go through this list and point out the ones I don't think deserve funds. But it's kind of subjective. I usually support business interests and school related organizations. I also like to see mental health organizations doing their job. For some reason crazy* people are attracted to me. I like it best when they're being treated. Both park funded groups have had members bad mouth my favorite recreation, but I'll bury the hatchet. Who doesn't like cats and creeks? I do (not together though). I do have one park comment. The Kiwanis Chico Community Observatory operates completely on its own. And Kris Koenig, the stand-up guy that put it together, recently dined with the leader of Egypt. Now that's a non-profit. Good for the kids, pay their own way, science (I love science), and hob knobbing with world leaders. You go girl (Kris is a boy, I just wanted to say "you go girl"). Give the observatory money. I did, and I will again. Many of the organizations did not ask for additional money because they knew the city had a stretched budget. "Meals On Wheels" said they didn't ask for more money, but didn't account for increased fuel costs, and if money was left over they would like some of it. I like that. Very honest. I'd give them a City gas card. Since this is community money. I wanted to be sure that the community (at least the blog readers) knew who was asking for what. So here it is. You decide if they should get it. The Finance Committee will argue the matter on 4-27. When looking over this list keep in mind the $160,000 charrette, and the $250,000 game table art project. *my mother-in-law, a social worker, says crazy is not an appropriate word to use when describing the mentally ill. I say quit redacting my dictionary, political correctness be damned. |
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| Organization Arc of Butte County Butte County Behavioral Health Caminar Catalyst Women's Advocates Catholic Ladies Relief Society Chico Area Council on Aging (Meals on Wheels) Chico Cat Coalition (PAWS) Chico Community Children's Center Chico Community Shelter Partnership Chico Creek Nature Center Chico Unified School District Community Action Agency Community Legal Information Center (CLIC) Do-It Leisure (Work Training Center) Independent Living Services of Northern California Innovative Health Care Services Innovative Preschool Legal Services of Northern California North Valley Parent Education Network Passages Adult Resource Center Rape Crisis Intervention Sunshine Kids Club VECTORS Barry R Kirshner Wildlife Foundation CARD (4th of July) Chico Chamber of Commerce Chico Chamber of Commerce Chico Economic Planning Corporation (CEPCO) Downtown Chico Business Association (DCBA) Far West Heritiage (formerly Chico Museum) Far West Heritiage (formerly Chico Museum) Hispanic Business Association Hispanic Chamber of Commerce Natural History Museum (CSUC Foundation) University Public Events (CSUC Foundation) |
2005-6 $8520 $0 $7140 $9510 $19000 $20780 $10000 $22669 $12000 $53889 $0 $13906 $2652 $13818 $16150 $30122 $8840 $16616 $11934 $5835 $25603 $3768 $11220 $0 $3115 $118948 $20000 $40000 $38400 $20376 $7000 $5000 $5000 $0 $10000 |
2006-7 $13422 $19998 $7140 $16528 $19000 $21000 $14000 $22669 $12000 $60960 $10970 $16000 $3000 $13818 $16150 $31628 $10000 $20000 $16000 $5835 $25603 $6000 $0 $8300 $3115 $156169 $0 $48000 $47500 $34000 $0 $0 $35000 $20000 $20000 |
Posted by Lon at April 13, 2006 10:37 PM