Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance repeals Ordinance 2186-2020, which was passed on October 2, 2020 and intended to support the Healthy Beginnings at Home pilot project. The appropriation authorized by this ordinance was not posted in the City’s financial system, and, the initial financial projections were later determined to be insufficient to successfully close-out the pilot and transition to the next phase of programming.
This ordinance is necessary to replace Ordinance 2186-2020 to authorize the Office of the Mayor to accept and appropriate $109,639.31 in private grant funding from the CelebrateOne Community Fund at The Columbus Foundation to support continued work on the Healthy Beginnings at Home program and to purchase a small supply of car seats that can be distributed by certified Car Seat Technicians on staff. Car seats are to be given to families facing an emergency when access to a seat from a local distribution program is not an option because of an identified barrier that cannot be easily addressed (i.e. cost).
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible and to prevent an interruption in program activities. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT
The program activity is funded entirely by private grants contributed to the CelebrateOne Community Fund at The Columbus Foundation and does not generate revenue nor require a City match. Grant G401901
Title
To repeal Ordinance 2186-2020; to authorize the Office of the Mayor to accept and appropriate $109,639.31 in private funding contributed to the CelebrateOne Community Fund at The Columbus Foundation and transferred to the City; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to repeal Ordinance 2168-2020 and replace it with this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, $109,639.31 in grant funding has been made available from the CelebrateOne Community Fund at the Columbus Foundation for the continued work on the Healthy Beginnings at Home program and the purchase of car seats to distribute to families in the event of an emergency; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible to fulfill project deliverables. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to repeal Ordinance 2186-2020 and replace it with this ordinance and authorize the acceptance and appropriation of grant monies from The Columbus Foundation, for the immediate 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 Ordinance 2186-2020, passed on October 2, 2020, is hereby repealed.
SECTION 2. That the Office of the Mayor is authorized to accept and appropriate $109,639.31 in private grant funding from The Columbus Foundation
SECTION 3. That from the unappropriated monies in the Fund known as the City's Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 2291, Grant No. G401901 and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the grant period, the sum of $109,639.31, and any eligible interest earned during the grant period, is hereby appropriated upon receipt of documentation of a fund transfer authorized by the Advisory Board of the CelebrateOne Community Fund, which is held at The Columbus Foundation, in Fund 2291, to the Office of the Mayor, Division No. 40-01, according to the account codes in the attachment.
SECTION 4. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Office of the Mayor, 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 5. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 6. 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 7. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.