Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League, a non-profit organization, to support their programming for young professionals through the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals (CULYP) organization.
The mission of the CULYP is to attract and retain young professionals in the Columbus area through a variety of personal and professional development and networking opportunities, as well as community and civic engagement efforts. Franklin County is one of the youngest counties in Ohio, making the work of the CULYP essential to a thriving professional population in Columbus.
Support from Columbus City Council will allow members of the CULYP to attend the National Urban League conference in Houston, Texas. The conference gathers some of the most impactful civil rights leaders and community activists from the across the country to advance America’s conversation about justice, opportunity, and the future of democracy. This opportunity will allow CULYP to continue to support the work of the National Urban League in developing new emerging leaders while providing professional development opportunities.
Emergency action is necessary to ensure the organization receives financial support in order to secure registration and lodging for the event, which takes place in mid-July.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Job Growth subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League to support their Young Professionals (CULYP) organization; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Job Growth subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals organization provides essential networking and development opportunities to Columbus’ young professional workforce; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council seeks to support the city of Columbus in being home to a thriving local and justice-minded workforce with abundant personal and professional networking, community and civic engagement, and advancement and development opportunities; and
WHEREAS, Columbus young professionals’ engagement with justice work is essential to the efforts of making Columbus a more equitable and just city; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League to ensure the timely registration of the National Urban League conference event for local young professionals; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League in support of their Young Professionals (CULYP) organization.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $20,000.00 in the Job Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015, to the City Clerk per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $20,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, is hereby authorized in the Job Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.