Explanation
The City of Columbus has been awarded a $296,168.00 grant by the United States Department of Justice to bolster anti-gang activity. This grant was authorized for acceptance and funds appropriated within the General Government Grant Fund by Ordinance 0356-2006 passed by City Council March 6, 2006. Anti-gang initiatives will be pursued by the Public Safety Director's Office and the Public Service Department, Refuse Collection Division, Keep Columbus Beautiful (KCB) program. That ordinance appropriated $220,168.00 to the Safety Director's Office and $76,000.00 to the Refuse Collection Division based on the preliminary grant budget.
The Refuse Collection Division, Keep Columbus Beautiful program, desires to enter into a contract with Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated, to provide evaluation services and reporting on KCB's work to abate negative environmental conditions and build coalitions within a target area bounded by Whittier Street, Mooberry Street, Parsons Avenue and Rhodes Avenue as set forth in the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Edward Byrne Memorial State and Local Law Enforcement Grant award. These activities will primarily consist of litter collection, graffiti removal, community beautification and gardening. This evaluation/reporting function will be critical in determining the success of the program and in identifying any adjustments needed for optimum success should the grant be renewed.
The evaluation services envisioned under this contract are best provided by an experienced outside third party in lieu of existing Refuse Collection Division employees, as these employees must actually perform the job duties being evaluated.
Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated, is the likely and logical organization to perform this evaluation/reporting function. Founded in 1953, it is the nation's largest not-for-profit volunteer-based community action organization dedicated to litter and graffiti prevention, beautification, waste minimization and community improvement. It implements a unique, effective and systematic strategy for reducing waste, preventing litter and beautifying communities nationwide. It provides sustainable solutions to improve the physical and visual aspects of community environments that individuals can directly impact through their own actions. Keep America Beautiful is an umbrella agency for a national affiliate network that involves more than 565 town, city, and county affiliates and 22 statewide programs. Keep Columbus Beautiful is a dues-paying member of this national affiliate network.
Fiscal Impact: This contract utilizes $30,000.00 of the $161,168.00 originally appropriated for services within the Public Safety Director's General Government Grant Fund. This ordinance transfers these funds from the Public Safety Director's Office to the Refuse Collection Division and authorizes their expenditure from the latter.
Emergency action is requested to allow these anti-gang initiatives to get underway as soon as possible and comply with program completion time parameters established within the grant.
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To authorize the transfer of $30,000.00 within the General Government Grant Fund from the Public Safety Department Director's Office to the Refuse Collection Division; to authorize the Public Service Director to enter into a contract with Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated, to evaluate efforts to reduce negative environmental conditions related to crime consistent with the anti-gang initiative intent of a grant received from the United States Department of Justice for the Refuse Collection Division, Keep Columbus Beautiful Program; to authorize the expenditure of $30,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the General Government Grant Fund and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus has been awarded a $296,168.00 grant by the United States Department of Justice to bolster anti-gang activity; and
WHEREAS, this grant was authorized for acceptance and funds appropriated within the General Government Grant Fund by Ordinance 0356-2006 passed by City Council March 6, 2006; and
WHEREAS, anti-gang initiatives will be pursued by the Public Safety Director's Office and the Public Service Department, Refuse Collection Division, Keep Columbus Beautiful program; and
WHEREAS, the Division desires to enter into a contract with Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated, to evaluate efforts to abate negative environmental conditions within a target area bounded by Whittier Street, Mooberry Street, Parsons Avenue and Rhoades Avenue; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer $30,000.00 within the General Government Grant Fund from the Public Safety Director's Office to the Refuse Collection Division and authorize its expenditure from the latter for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Service Department, Refuse Collection Division, Keep Columbus Beautiful program, in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said contract to allow these anti-gang initiatives to get underway as soon as possible and comply with program completion time parameters established within the grant, thereby preserving 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 transfer of $30,000.00 between departments within Fund 220, the General Government Grant Fund, be and hereby is authorized as follows:
TRANSFER FROM
Dept. No. / Department / Object Level One/Object Level Three Codes / OCA Code / Grant Number
30-01 / Public Safety Administration / 03/3336 / 316001 / 316001
Total Transfer From: $30,000.00
TRANSFER TO
Dept. No. / Department / Object Level One/Object Level Three Codes / OCA Code / Grant Number
59-02 / Refuse Collection Division / 03/3336/ 596001 / 316001
Total Transfer To: $30,000.00
SECTION 2. That the Public Service Director be and hereby is authorized to enter into a contract with Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated, for evaluation services of efforts to abate negative environmental conditions within a target area bounded by Whittier Street, Mooberry Street, Parsons Avenue and Rhoades Avenue for the Refuse Collection Division, Keep Columbus Beautiful Program, consistent with the anti-gang initiative intent of a grant received from the United States Department of Justice, in an amount not to exceed $30,000.00.
SECTION 3. That award of this contract is consistent with City Code Section 329.15 that outlines the process forwarding not-of-profit service contracts exceeding $20,000.00.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $30,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed for this purpose be and hereby is authorized from Fund 220, the General Government Grant Fund, Department No. 59-02, Refuse Collection Division, Object Level One Code 03, Object Level Three Code 3336, OCA Code 596001 and Grant 316001.
SECTION 5. 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.