Explanation
BACKGROUND: The North Central Area Commission did not execute the documents needed to establish an encumbrance for payment of their 2005 operating expenses. It is now necessary to appropriate $2,000 so that the Commission can be reimbursed for 2005 operating expenses. This legislation appropriates $2,000 from the Area Commission Fund to the Department of Development.
FISCAL IMPACT: $2,000 was available during 2005 for the North Central Area Commission for operating expenses. The commission did not execute the documents necessary to establish an encumbrance for the payment of their operating expenses but they did incur expenses. This legislation will allow the appropriation of $2,000 so that reimbursement can be made to the commissions for 2005 operating expenses.
Emergency action is requested so that reimbursement can be made to the North Central Area Commission as soon as possible.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $ 2,000 from the Area Commission Fund to the Department of Development in order to reimburse the North Central Area Commission for 2005 miscellaneous expenses; and to declare an emergency. ($2,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate said funds from the Area Commission Fund to the Department of Development; and
WHEREAS, these monies are needed to fund minor operating expenses for 2005 for the North Central Area Commission; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the appropriation so that reimbursement can be made to the North Central Area Commission as soon as possible, all for the preservation of the public health, peace, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That from the unappropriated monies in the Area Commission Fund, Fund No. 221, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, the sum of $2,000.00 is appropriated to the Department of Development, Division 44-05, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337 as follows:
OCA
Area Commission Subfund Code Amount
North Central 016 221016 $2000.00
Total: $2,000.00
Section 2. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon the order of the Department of Development Director and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
Section 3. 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 approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.