Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes an amendment to Ordinance No. 1442-2024, due to two errors in the attachment to the ordinance identifying grant recipients.
One of the vendor names listed in the attachment was “Grove City United Methodist Church.” While this church is a recipient, their name was placed in the incorrect row due to a drafting error. This row should read “St. John’s Episcopal Church.” Additionally, an organization provided notice to the City on May 20th, after the deadline for amendments to legislation for the May 20th Council agenda, of a change in their selection of which non-profit entity would receive grant funds. Therefore, “Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc., Columbus (OH) Alumni Chapter” must be changed to “Columbus Kappa Foundation.” Lastly, "St. Mark's United Methodist Church" should read "Grove City United Methodist Church." The legislation must be amended to allow execution of a valid agreements with the organizations.
A spreadsheet titled “1442-2024 Awardees” is attached to this Ordinance and has been updated to reflect this amendment.
Emergency action is requested as it is immediately necessary to appropriate funds for necessary expenditures beginning early this summer.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funding is required. Funds for this agreement have been appropriated within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To amend Ordinance No. 1442-2024, which was approved by Columbus City Council May 20, 2024, to correct three organization names listed in an attachment to the Ordinance; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1442-2024, which was approved by Columbus City Council May 20, 2024, authorized the City Clerk to enter into various agreements; and
WHEREAS, in the process of grant agreement execution, it was discovered that errors had been made in the organization names listed in Exhibit A and attached to the Ordinance; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Clerk in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the amendment to Ordinance No. 1442-2024 to amend the agreement for necessary expenditures beginning early summer 2024, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1442-2024 is hereby amended to read as follows, with additions in underline and deletions in strikethrough:
SECTION 1. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized to enter into grant agreements with the not-for-profit organizations listed in Exhibit A of the attachment to this ordinance titled 1442-2024 Awardees_Amended, which is incorporated herein by reference, for the purpose of supporting grassroots, community-oriented events and services, totaling up to $249,845.00, contingent upon the grantee being authorized to transact business in the State of Ohio prior to the execution of the respective grant agreement.
SECTION 2. That Section 1 of Ordinance No. 1442-2024 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. 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 approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.