Explanation
Background:
-This ordinance will enable the Director of the Office of Education to accept a grant, enter into an agreement with The United Way of Central Ohio., and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Education Private Grant Fund No. 291.
-Private grant funding will be used in connection with community education through the Neighborhood Safety Academy
-The Neighborhood Safety Academy will train citizens on safety issues and problem solving and include mediation skill building, personal safety education, resident involvement strategies, creating safe environments, and how to help youth stay safe. Graduates of an academy will join block watches, mentor neighbors, and promote neighborhood pride.
-In order to prevent a halt in the delivery of the pilot programs, we are requesting that this piece of legislation be handled as emergency. The funds are immediately necessary.
Mission:
To create a partnership of the City and citizens to engage resident driven solutions to neighborhood safety by:
o Engaging public in the safety of the community
o Community building, neighborhood pride and empowerment
o The reduction of perception of lawlessness
o Opening dialogue between safety personnel and citizens to build trust and respect
Fiscal Impact:
-$5,000.00 in private grant funding will be used for community education programming through the Neighborhood Safety Academy.
-This ordinance will be to reduce the Education Private Grant Fund No. 291 unappropriated balance by $5,000.00
-The expenditure of $5,000.00 is budgeted in the Education Private Grant Fund No. 291.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Office of Education to accept a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 and enter into an agreement with The United Way of Central Ohio for funding to support community education through the Neighborhood Safety Academy, to authorize an appropriation of $5,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Education Private Grant Fund No. 291 to the Office of Education, and to declare an emergency.($5,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, The United Way of Central Ohio has awarded the City of Columbus, Office of Education, a grant for community education through the Neighborhood Safety Academy; and
WHEREAS, it is part of the funded grant proposal to provide refreshments for participants to assist in participation in the Neighborhood Safety Academy;and
WHEREAS,an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Mayor's Office of Education Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate said grant funds to prevent an interruption in the delivery of the programming as originally intended in the grant; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
Section 1. That the Director of the Office of Education be and is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 and enter into an agreement with The United Way of Central Ohio for community education through the Neighborhood Safety Academy.
Section 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Education Private Grant Fund No. 291, 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, 2004, the sum of $5,000.00 is appropriated to the Office of Education Department No.40-04, as follows:
Object
Grant Title Grant No. OCA Code Level Amount
Safety Academy 400002 400002 3336 $5000
Section 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of the Office of Education, 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 4. 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.