Good morning everyone. We have a non profit Main Street program in Collinsville that is anchored by the Oklahoma Department of Commerce but is an independent 501 (c) and it has decided to transfer the program to the City. So far, the City has not agreed to take the program or assume responsibility for the operation of the program. I am familiar with Burkhardt v City of Enid and Brown v City of Warr Acres and I do understand that there needs to be a public purpose for us to use funds for this organization but I am trying to determine if the organization needs to be dissolved first before we assume management of the program or if it is permissible for the city to continue operation of the non profit with our staff and resources to continue the public purpose, assuming a public purpose exists. Maybe the auditor for the city would have an opinion on how we might deal with it but I am hoping to find someone or some city who has assumed operation of a Main Street program and find out how it was done. Thank you for any input or suggestions. Ken Ray Underwood Attorney at Law The Beacon Building 406 S. Boulder Ave., Suite 640 Tulsa, OK 74103 Phone: 918-582-7447 Fax: 918-582-0166 Ken@ulawok.com<mailto:Ken@ulawok.com> www.ulawok.com<http://www.ulawok.com/> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This e-mail message, and all attachments transmitted with it, may contain legally privileged and confidential information intended solely for the use of the intended recipient. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the employee or agent responsible to deliver it to the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any reading, dissemination, distribution, copying or other use of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this message in error, please notify the sender immediately by telephone (918) 582-7447, or by electronic mail to ken@ulawok.com<mailto:kenunderwood@tulsacoxmail.com>, and delete this message and all copies and backups thereof. Thank you.