Explanation
Background:
This legislation authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept, and appropriate a grant from the Ohio Department of Aging in the amount of $196,332.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging in connection with the Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program.
The Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging was awarded federal grant funds from the Ohio Department of Aging for the Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program for the period of April 1, 2023, through November 30, 2023.
This program will provide vouchers for seniors to redeem with local organized markets, including the North Market, in various Central Ohio counties. Approximately 5,100 individuals are expected to receive vouchers.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested so that the program can be implemented by April 1, 2023, in accordance with grant conditions.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This ordinance will be to appropriate $196,332.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. This appropriation will enable the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging to continue administering said program during 2023.
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept, and appropriate a grant from the Ohio Department of Aging in the amount of $196,332.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging in connection with the Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program; and to declare an emergency. ($196,332.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging has a need to appropriate funds received funding from the Ohio Department of Aging to continue the Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds, so there is no interruption of services to older adults, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE...
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