Title
A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO SUBMIT A GRANT APPLICATION TO THE OHIO HISTORY CONNECTION FOR HUDSON CABLE TELEVISION; AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Executive Summary: The Ohio History Connection provides grant funding to help history-minded organizations preserve and share Ohio’s History.
Body
Legislative History
None.
Purpose & Explanation
The Ohio History Connection could provide matching 60/40 grant funding between $2,000 and $20,000 to fund an oral history project for Hudson Cable Television. HCTV is interested in collecting oral histories from notable Hudson residents.
Timing Considerations
The project must be completed within 2 years.
Fiscal Impact
Currently Budgeted
Supplemental Appropriation Required
X Appropriation Not Required.
Recommendation
Suggested Action
Staff recommends that City Council authorize the City Manager to apply for grant funding from the Ohio History Connection to be used for the recording and production of oral histories of notable Hudson residents for airing on Hudson Cable Television and for archive purposes.
Submitted by,
Jane Howington, City Manager
Frank Comeriato, Assistant City Manager - Operations
Kerry Paluscsak, HCTV Station Manager
Rhonda Kadish, Grants Coordinator