HomeMy WebLinkAboutGrout Museum - Contract - 7.29.2024Grout Museum Inc.
503 South Street
Waterloo, IA 50701
Contract
This contract is made effective as of July 01, 2024, by and between Grout Museum, Inc. of 503 South
Street, Waterloo Iowa 50701 and City of Waterloo of 715 Mulberry Street, Waterloo, Iowa 50703.
Description of Services: Beginning on the Effective Date of July 1, 2024, the Grout Museum, Inc. will
provide the following services:
For the public Grout Museum, Inc. will provide better understanding of our world by collecting, preserving,
and interpreting history and illustrating scientific principles. The Grout Museum collects, preserves, and
interprets cultural and natural history of the region along with admissions, tours, popular daily
planetarium shows, library containing geology's, theater programs, and education programs including
Museum School, science outreach, and summer camps. The Sullivan Brothers Iowa Veterans Museum
honors all Iowans who served the nation from the Civil War to the present; the Rensselaer Russell House
Museum and the Snowden House preserve and interpret elements of the Victorian age; and the Bluedorn
Science Imaginarium provides exhibitions and educational programs that inspire study of the sciences.
Current exhibit at the Bluedorn Science Imaginarium is the Dinosaurs: Land of Fire and Ice exhibit that will
end early September 2024. Established in 1932, the Grout Museum is widely acknowledged as one of the
cornerstones of culture in Northeast Iowa. Is also accredited by the American Association of Museums.
Payment: Payment shall be made to Grout Museum, Inc., 503 South Street, Waterloo,lowa 50701. The
monthly payment is $52,083 a month starting July 1, 2024, and ending on June 30, 2025, with final
payment in June 2025 of $52,087 to equal $625,000. Total amount of the contract for fiscal year 2025 is
$625,000.
Term: This Contract will terminate on June 30, 2025.
Accounting of Funds: In order to provide better understanding of our world by use of the amount of
$625,000 this will be budgeted for the support of operations of the Grout Museum as it has been in the
past when levy funding first started in September 2018. Separate levy budget has been tracked and shared
on the Grout Museum's website since 2018 and will continue with this funding being shared with the
public. These funds help to support ongoing exhibits, oral history and outreach travels, office supplies,
building maintenance, equipment repairs and computer maintenance, service contracts, utilities, office
supplies, building and liability insurance, support of staff not covered by other funding sources for
educational purposes and janitorial supplies. Attendance reports is the tracking of in the area and from
outside of Waterloo by zip code. Attendance is tracked for admissions, museum schools, in house
programs, adult and children tours, meetings, rentals planetarium shows, and outreach programs.
Quarterly reports of financial expenditures supported by funds received and by Grout Museum
attendance will be supplied to the City of Waterloo with a final report on June 30, 2025.
Public Purpose: The City of Waterloo finds that Grout Museum, Inc. provides the aforementioned
services to the public, which benefits the City of Waterloo by educating and enhancing the quality of life
of its citizens.
Entire Agreement: This Contract contains the entire agreement of the parties regarding the subject
matter of this Contract. There are no other promises or conditions in any other agreement whether oral
or written.
Amendment: This Contract may be modified or amended if the amendment is made in writing and signed
by both parties.
Signatures: This Contract shall be signed by Edward J. Gallagher III, President, on behalf of Grout
Museum, Inc., and representative for the City of Waterloo with effective date of July 1, 2024.
Grout Museum, Inc.
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Date
7/29/2024
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