ADOPTED - MARCH 9, 2010

Agenda Item No. 6

Introduced by the County Services and Finance Committees of the:

INGHAM COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS

RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING AN ADJUSTMENT TO THE 2010 POTTER PARK ZOO OPERATING BUDGET TO COMPLETE A FUNDRAISING SOURCE IDENTIFICATION STUDY FOR THE POTTER PARK ZOO

RESOLUTION #10-069

WHEREAS, in 2009 Potter Park Zoo contracted with Jones and Jones from Seattle, Washington, to develop a new Master Plan for Potter Park Zoo; and

WHEREAS, the new Potter Park Zoo Master Plan has been completed with input from all interested parties, the citizens of Ingham County, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners, the Parks and Recreation Commission, the Potter Park Zoo Board, the Potter Park Zoological Society, Potter Park Zoo staff and Ingham County Parks staff; and

WHEREAS, the Potter Park Zoo Board, recommended the establishment of an ad hoc Fundraising Committee to develop a plan to raise funds to implement the new Master Plan; and

WHEREAS, this Fundraising Committee recommended to the Potter Park Zoo Board that a Fundraising Source Identification Study, in an amount not to exceed $50,000, be conducted to determine projected amounts of funding support that can be raised within Ingham County, the State of Michigan and beyond; and

WHEREAS, such a Fundraising Source Identification Study will not only project fundraising potential, but assist zoo staff, Zoological Society staff and the Potter Park Zoo Board in planning a time line for implementation of the eight phases of the twenty year Potter Park Zoo Master Plan; and

WHEREAS, the Potter Park Zoo Board Fundraising Committee also recommended to the Potter Park Zoological Society that a professional fundraiser or fundraising organization be hired to implement the recommendations of the Fundraising Source Identification Study; and

WHEREAS, the Potter Park Zoo Fundraising Committee and Zoo Staff will partner with the Purchasing Department to issue an RFP for the Fundraising Source Identification Study service; and

WHEREAS, the Potter Park Zoo Board passed Resolution #02-10 and the Parks and Recreation Commission passed Resolution #07-10 in support of this concept; and

WHEREAS, the recommended budget adjustments preserve a projected Potter Park Zoo Millage 2010 fund balance of $516,968.

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes a $20,000 transfer from the approved Potter Park Zoo 2010 Operational Budget (funded by Potter Park Zoo Millage Funds), Contingency Line Item 258-69200-969220 and a $30,000 transfer from the Fund Balance Line Item 258-00000-39000 (funded by Potter Park Zoo Millage Funds) to be used to develop a Fundraising Source Identification Study for the Potter Park Zoo.

ADOPTED - MARCH 9, 2010

Agenda Item No. 6

RESOLUTION #10-069

THEREFORE BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, the Ingham County Board of Commissioners authorizes the Budget Director and the Controller/Administrator to make the necessary budget adjustments.

COUNTY SERVICES:  Yeas:  Copedge, Schor, Celentino, Grebner, McGrain,

     Nays:  Vickers     Absent:  None          Approved  3/02/10

FINANCE:  Yeas:  Grebner, Tennis, Bahar-Cook, Schor, Holman, Dougan

     Nays:  None     Absent:  None         Approved  3/03/10