Explanation
This ordinance amends previously-adopted ordinance 0548-2026 by increasing the grant amount by $100,000.00.
Ordinance 0548-2026, approved by Columbus City Council on March 30, 20206, authorized the Office of CelebrateOne to enter into a $250,000.00 grant agreement with Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (R.O.O.T.T.) to support community-oriented Perinatal Support Doula care. This ordinance adds $100,000.00, for a total grant of $350,000.00.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is necessary to ensure that this amendment does not unduly affect ROOTT’s ability to provide services to impacted communities.
Title
To amend ordinance 0548-2026 by increasing the grant agreement with Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (R.O.O.T.T.); to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, ordinance 0548-2026, approved by Columbus City Council on March 30, 20206, authorized the Office of CelebrateOne to enter into a $250,000.00 grant agreement with Restoring Our Own Through Transformation (R.O.O.T.T.) to support community-oriented Perinatal Support Doula care; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance increases the grant agreement by $100,000.00; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily business of the Office of CelebrateOne in that it is immediately necessary to effectuate this amendment to ensure that this amendment does not unduly affect ROOTT’s ability to provide services to impacted communities; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Section 2 of Ordinance 0548-2026 is hereby amended as follows:
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of up to $250,000.00 $350,000.00 is authorized within Fund 1000 per the accounting codes in the attachment to his ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the Auditor is hereby authorized to appropriate $100,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Subfund to the Office of CelebrateOne in 05-Other per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $100,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, 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 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 5. 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 6. 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.