09/09/2025 Resolutions 2025-308 RESOLUTION 2025-308
WHEREAS,on November 11,2024,the City of Grand Island adopted an Economic
Development Program which provides for a contract with Grand Island Area Economic
Development Corporation(GIAEDC)to handle the administration of the Economic Development
Program in collaboration with the City Administrator,including the process of recommending City
Council action on applications for economic development incentives; and
WHEREAS, Central Community College Entrepreneurial Center (CCC-EC) has
applied for a grant to partner with GIAEDC to support business development training and funding
for High-Wage, High-Skill, High-Demand industries in Grand Island through a business
foundations workshop program and micro-grant opportunity for existing and new trade businesses
known as The Business Blueprint; and
WHEREAS, GIAEDC and the City of Grand Island desire to strengthen the local
economy through economic mobility programs such as The Business Blueprint that will facilitate
small business growth and expansion; and
WHEREAS, based on the recommendation of the Board of Trustees of the Grand
Island Area Economic Development Corporation and the City Administrator, the City Council
finds it is in the best interests of the City to provide a business development grant in the total sum
of not to exceed$105,000 to CCC-EC,by and through GIAEDC as the administrator of the Grand
Island Economic Development Program.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF GRAND ISLAND, NEBRASKA, that the program application to provide
LB840 funding for The Business Blueprint—Trades economic mobility program as set forth in the
application submitted by CCC-EC and GIAEDC in the amount of not to exceed $105,000,
incorporated herein by reference, is approved.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the Mayor is hereby authorized and directed
to execute an Economic Development Program Agreement by and between the City, the Grand
Island Area Economic Development Corporation and Central Community College Entrepreneurial
Center on behalf of the City of Grand Island and to take all other actions necessary to effect the
purpose of this resolution.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Grand Island, Nebraska, September 9, 2025.
RogerG. Steele, Mayor
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Attest:2Ji Granere, City Clerk