Explanation
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this ordinance is to allow the Director of Development and the City Auditor to remit unspent grant funds to the Columbus City Schools. The Columbus Board of Education awarded the Education Alternative Programs Grant to the City of Columbus, to serve as a Fiduciary Agent between Columbus City Schools and the YMCA of Central Ohio. These funds are associated with the Truancy Intervention Center Grant, through the YMCA of Central Ohio. The remaining funds will be forwarded to the Columbus City Schools.
On October 19, 2009, Columbus City Council approved Ordinance 1300-2009 that authorized the Director of Development to serve as Fiduciary Agent for the $100,000 Education Alternative Programs Grant #441001, for truancy intervention and prevention services.
FISCAL IMPACT: The City will return $18,826.53 to the Columbus City Schools. The balance is a result of a cancellation of a contract.
Title
To authorize the transfer of $18,826.53 between object levels; to authorize and direct the Director of Development and the City Auditor to remit unspent Education Alternative Programs Grant funds to Columbus City Schools; to authorize the expenditure of $18,826.53 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($18,826.53)
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WHEREAS, Columbus City Schools requests that the City of Columbus return all unspent monies from the Education Alternative Programs Grant; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus served as the Grant’s Fiduciary Agent, between Columbus City Schools and the YMCA of Central Ohio, for the Truancy Intervention and Prevention Program; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Schools will return these funds to the State of Ohio, which initiated the Grant; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency, to allow for the immediate refund of unexpended Grant funds before the close of the fiscal year, all for the preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $18,826.53 within the Development Department, Administration Division, Division 44-01, Fund 220, Grant 441001, OCA 441101, from Object Level Three 3337 to Object Level Three 5515.
Section 2. That the Director of Development and the City Auditor are authorized and directed to remit unspent Education Alternative Programs Grant funds in an amount equal to $18,826.53 to Columbus City Schools.
Section 3. That the expenditure of $18,826.53, or so much as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Development Department, Division 44-01, Fund 220, Grant 441001, OCA 441101, Object Level Three 5515.
Section 4. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, the 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.