Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes an appropriation from the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund. Funds will be appropriated to the Department of Development, Neighborhood Services Division for use in a contract with St. Stephens Community House. This contract will provide funding for the purchase and installation of a security monitoring system and 24-hour monitoring for three (3) months at the Brittany Hills Recreation Center at 2618 Bethesda Drive, Columbus, Ohio. The purchase and installation is necessary for the safety and security of the facility while conducting activities at the center. These services include but are not limited to, programs and activities for youth, adults and families.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this contract are allocated from the 2004 Emergency Human Services Capital Fund.
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To authorize the appropriation of $1,215.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund to the Department of Development; and to declare an emergency. ($1,215.00)
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to appropriate funds from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Capital Funds to contract with St. Stephen's Community House for the purchase and installation of a security monitoring system in the Brittany Hills Recreation Center located at 2618 Bethesda Drive; and
WHEREAS, emergency action is necessary due to the critical need for monitoring to assure the safety of youth, adults and area residents that use the center and a security system is necessary for the safe and secure conduct of activities at the center; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate the aforementioned funds 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 from the unappropriated monies in the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund, and from any and all sources unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending 2004, the sum of $1,215.00 be and is hereby appropriated to the Department of Development, Department No. 44-05, Fund 232, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 447508, Project 200001.
Section 2. 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.