01/28/2020 Resolutions 2020-31RESOLUTION 2020-31
WHEREAS, the Memorandum of Agreement, executed in March and April, 2016, by
and between the City of Grand Island ("City") and the State of Nebraska Department of
Administrative Services ("DAS") contemplated that DAS would transfer the former Nebraska. State
Veterans Home buildings, campus grounds, and cemetery to the City upon mutually agreeable terms;
and
WHEREAS, it is right and fitting that the City and community honor the veterans
interred at the Nebraska Veterans Home Cemetery at Grand Island by accepting transfer of the
Veterans Home Cemetery, thereby assuming responsibility for the continued maintenance and care of
the cemetery grounds pursuant; and
WHEREAS, the prior Memorandum of Agreement dated December 17, 2019 with
DAS was not approved by DAS and is replaced with a Memorandum of Agreement dated January
28 , 2020.
NOW, TI-�REFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the Memorandum of Agreement by and
between City and DAS dated January 28, 2020 should be and is hereby approved.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, January 28, 2020.
Attest:
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RaNae Edwards, City Clerk
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o . Steele, Mayor
Approved as to Form A
January 27, 2020 � Attomey