2015 -- S 0979

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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2015

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J O I N T   R E S O L U T I O N

MAKING AN APPROPRIATION OF $750,000 FOR POLARIS MANUFACTURING

EXTENSION PARTNERSHIP (MEP)

     

     Introduced By: Senator Erin P. Lynch

     Date Introduced: June 09, 2015

     Referred To: Senate Finance

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     WHEREAS, For almost two decades, Polaris, a business unit of the University of Rhode

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Island Research Foundation, has been working to provide improvement solutions to over 750

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Rhode Island manufacturers; and

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     WHEREAS, Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) is a statewide nonprofit

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organization based in Providence. It provides competitive manufacturing business improvement

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programs to help the state’s manufacturing industry become more competitive and innovative;

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and

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     WHEREAS, This appropriation of $750,000 will help enable the Polaris MEP to boost

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Rhode Island's manufacturing industry by providing local companies with the tools they need to

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compete, expand, and thrive in our state; and

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     WHEREAS, The Polaris MEP "works with Rhode Island manufacturers to design new

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facility layouts, expand sites, consolidate two or more facilities, and incorporate new or

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specialized equipment into existing processes." In addition, Polaris will "work on behalf of

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manufacturers with architects and construction firms, as well as provide project management,

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equipment selection guidance and contractor maintenance"; now, therefore be it

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     RESOLVED, That there is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the treasury not

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otherwise appropriated for the fiscal year 2015-2016, the sum of seven hundred and fifty

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thousand dollars ($750,000) for the Polaris Manufacturing Extension Partnership; and the state

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controller is hereby authorized and directed to draw his/her orders upon the general treasurer for

 

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the payment of said sum, or so much thereof as may be from time required, upon receipt by

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him/her of properly authenticated vouchers.

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