Explanation
Ordinance 1008-2021 authorized the expenditure of up to $1,371,000.00 from the Reimagine Safety Fund to foster youth engagement, employment, and the development of skills that will encourage long-term success and stability.
This ordinance is needed to modify PO275780, PO275143, and PO282668 by extending the contracts with Remember Us Urban Scouts, Africentric Personal Development Shop, and Community Development for All People respectively through December 31, 2021. This modification is needed to continue offering youth engagement, employment, and the development of skills that will encourage long-term success and stability and due to COVID administrative difficulties these organizations need their contracts extended from November 1, 2021 through December 31, 2021.
Fiscal Impact: No additional funding is required to modify contract.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to allow for the immediate execution of this contract in order to continue youth engagement, employment, and the development of skills that will encourage long-term success and stability.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to modify, by extending, existing contracts with Remember Us Urban Scouts, Africentric Personal Development Shop, and Community Development for All People through December 31, 2021 to continue offering youth engagement, employment, and the development of skills that will encourage long-term success and stability; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify, by extending, contract PO275780, PO275143, and PO282668 with Remember Us Urban Scouts, Africentric Personal Development Shop, and Community Development for All People through December 31, 2021; and
WHEREAS, in March of 2021, Columbus City Council announced the availability of funding to support violence intervention strategies in response to rising neighborhood violence; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council’s Reimagine S...
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