Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with People Like Me Project Inc to operate the Outlet Basketball program serving Franklin County youth.
People Like Me will provide a transformative community-based learning initiative to local youth, ages 10 to 16, through The Outlet Basketball program. Through meticulously designed curriculum and expert coaching staff, People Like Me aims to provide participants with an immerse experience that not only enhances their basketball skills but cultivates valuable life skills such as teamwork, discipline, resilience, and leadership.
The program begins on August 28th, 2023 and runs through February 26th, 2024. This agreement will support facility costs, a subscription to a registration platform, and coach stipends in advance of the start of the program.
The total cost associated with this ordinance is $5,500.00 for the above-described purpose.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The funds for this expenditure are available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
EMERGENCY:
Emergency designation is being requested to expedite authorization in order to provide support as soon as possible to secure facilities for programming, set up a registration process for participates, and secure coaching staff in advance of the program start date of August 28th.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with People Like Me Project, Inc. for youth community engagement programming; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure of $5,500.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency ($5,500.00).
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council seeks to support safe and healthy neighborhoods, including through youth engagement opportunities such as sports and life skills opportunities; and
WHEREAS, People Like Me will provide a youth basketball and life skills programming opportunity for local youth, ages 10 to 16; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with People Like Me Project, Inc. in order to secure necessary funds to administer The Outlet Basketball Program starting on August 28th; 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 People Like Me Project, Inc. to administer the Outlet Basketball program to provide youth sports engagement for Columbus youth ages 10 to 16.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $5,500.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to the City Clerk per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $5,500.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, is hereby authorized in the 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 hereby 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 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 (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.