Explanation
The Angel in You Program is designed for 5th through 9th grade girls for the purpose of helping them learn how to listen to their intuition and inner voice as a way to make good choices, improve their decision-making and impulse control, and to boost their self-image and self-esteem. The program is formatted to assist girls in the development of their skills, talents, and abilities. The program will aide in helping to reduce relationship aggression among girls as well as lowering the number of bullying incidents. The end result should be a sharper academic focus. Council deems this project an appropriate use of $7,000.00 General Fund monies.
Title
To authorize and direct City Council to enter into contract with Columbus City Schools for The Angel in You program; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $7,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($7,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, The Angel in You Program is designed for 5th through 9th grade girls for the purpose of helping them learn how to listen to their intuition and inner voice as a way to make good choices, improve their decision-making and impulse control, and to boost their self-image and self-esteem; and
WHEREAS, The program is formatted to assist girls in the development of their skills, talents, and abilities to aide in helping to reduce relationship aggression among girls as well as lowering the number of bullying incidents; and
WHEREAS, City Council amended the 2012 budget to further emphasize that the importance of making strategic investments in projects that will ultimately improve the quality of life within the City, and Council deems this project an appropriate use of $7,000.00; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate and expend funds to support the efforts of the Columbus City Schools, and for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $7,000 in the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund, Fund 018, to City Council Department No. 20-01, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 200018.
SECTION 2. That City Council is hereby authorized to contract with Columbus City Schools for the Angel in You program and directed to expend said funds in to promote the mission of targeting at-risk youth by promoting positive youth development through programming directed at girls in grades 5 through 9.
SECTION 4. That this contract is awarded pursuant to Section 329.15 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959 as amended.
SECTION 5. That for the reason stated in the preamble here to, 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.