Explanation
This ordinance corrects PO301428 with Legacy Youth Sports Academy by adjusting the funding source and updating the agreement from a service contract to a grant agreement.
Legacy Youth Sports Academy has organized an opportunity for youths ages 6-15 to travel to Orlando, Florida and compete for a National Championship. These students will not only be representing the city of Columbus, but they will be representing the entire state of Ohio. Students will also have an opportunity to visit the African American History & Culture Museum, attend a career day at Universal Studios, and receive tickets to the Universal Honors Ceremony for their academic and athletic achievements. These students have proven that they are not only dedicated to their athletics but their academics as well.
The city’s funding of $30,000 for expenses incurred between November 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021 will supplement the $65,000 that Legacy Youth Sports Academy has already raised in support of their effort.
Emergency action is requested in order to update the current purchase order and to provide grant funding prior to the end of the calendar year.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to enter into a grant agreement with Legacy Youth Sports Academy; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; to modify PO301428; and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Legacy Youth Sports Academy has organized an opportunity for youths ages 6-15 to travel to Orlando, Florida and compete for a National Championship; and
WHEREAS, students will also have an opportunity to visit the African American History & Culture Museum, attend a career day at Universal Studios, and receive tickets to the Universal Honors Ceremony for their academic and athletic achievements
WHEREAS, the city’s funding of $30,000 for expenses incurred between November 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021 will supplement the $65,000 that Legacy Youth Sports Academy has already raised in support of their effort; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Finance and Management in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter a grant agreement with Legacy Youth Sports Academy to update the current purchase order and to provide grant funding prior to the end of the calendar year; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Finance and Management is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Legacy Youth Sports Academy in support of their Legacy Experience program for expenses incurred between November 1, 2021 and December 31, 2021.
SECTION 2. That the Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $30,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Finance and Management in 03-Services per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That per the action authorized in Section 1 of this ordinance, the expenditure of $30,000.00 is hereby authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That existing PO301428 is hereby modified to provide for a grant agreement per the actions authorized in Sections 1 and 3 of this ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 7. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall take effect and be enforced from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.