Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Fashion Initiative, a non-profit corporation, in support of 614 Day.
614 Day occurs every June 14th and was recently recognized by Columbus City Council as a city holiday. The first 614 Day took place in 2016 at Seventh Son brewery. Since then, the celebration has expanded throughout the City to help all residents buy, support, celebrate, volunteer and love local.
This year’s 614 Day will take place at the Columbus Commons with attendance by locals and visitors expected to exceed 4,000. General admission will be free for all to enjoy the will feature amazing local experiences, entertainment, food, music, artists, communities and activities.
Emergency action is requested in order to execute a grant agreement in advance of June 14.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Fashion Initiative in support of 614 Day; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($37,500.00)
Body
WHEREAS, 614 Day occurs every June 14th; and
WHEREAS, the first 614 Day took place in 2016 at Seventh Son brewery; and
WHEREAS, this year’s 614 Day will take place at the Columbus Commons with attendance by locals and visitors expected to exceed 4,000; and
WHEREAS, general admission will be free for all to enjoy the will feature amazing local experiences, entertainment, food, music, artists, communities and activities; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily business of the City Clerk in that it is immediately necessary to authorize a grant agreement in advance of the event on June 14, 2023, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and 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 Fashion Initiative in support of 614 Day.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is authorized and directed to appropriate $37,500.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Columbus City Council per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $37,500.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1, is authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. 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 6. That for the reason 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.