Explanation
Background:
Franklinton Development Association's Financial Life-Skills Program was launched in 2018 to help community members better navigate the complex worlds of finances and housing. The 12-hour program is broken up into six classes that review the participants' relationship with money, budgeting, banking, credit, loans, debt management, job-training, entrepreneurship, taxes, and insurance. The program utilizes the curriculum provided by the National Financial Educators Council.
Ordinance 3360-2022 authorized the Director of Finance and Management to appropriate and expend $130,000 of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funding through the Franklinton Development Association Community Support Services Subrecipient Agreement.
This ordinance is needed to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to modify the aforementioned Subrecipient Agreement to modify the agreement's budget and extend the time period of the agreement due to project delays.
Fiscal Impact: There is no additional funding required for this extension.
Emergency Designation: 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 extend this agreement so that the Subrecipient will have the ability to continue their project, avoid disruption in services, and allow grant funds to continue to be available to the Subrecipient
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To authorize the Director of Finance and Management to modify the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Subrecipient Agreement for Franklinton Development Association in the amount of $130,000.00 in order to extend the period of the agreement through September 30, 2024; and to declare an emergency ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, the City supports Franklinton Development Association's mission to stabilize and positively impact the community through the lens of housing; and
WHEREAS, through Ordinance 3360-2022, Council authorized the Director of Finance and Management to appropriate and expend $130,000.00 in CDBG funds and enter into a Subrecipient Agreement with Franklinton Development Association for $130,000.00; and
WHEREAS, the term of the agreement with Franklinton Development Association provided a time period commencing January 1, 2023 and ending December 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of Finance and Management to extend this agreement to end September 30, 2024 and modify the agreement's budget due to unforeseen project delays; and
WHEREAS, no additional funding is required for this Subrecipient Agreement modification; 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 extend this agreement so that Subrecipient will have the ability to continue their project, avoid disruption in services, and allow grant funds to continue to be available to the Subrecipient; 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 the Director of Finance and Management is hereby authorized to modify the Franklinton Development Association Subrecipient Agreement to extend the date from December 31, 2023 to September 30, 2024.
SECTION 2. That this modification is in accordance with relevant provisions of Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Codes.
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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.