Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes an amendment to Ordinance No. 0579-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on April 4, 2022, to allow for a correction of the name of a non-profit organization.
Ordinance No. 0579-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on April 4, 2022, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to modify non-profit service agreements with numerous social service agencies to extend the agreements for a twelve month period that begins on or after January 1, 2022. The ordinance included a list of 40 programs with 37 agencies (40 separate agreements), attached as Exhibit A.
Exhibit A listed “Volunteers of America Inc.” as one of the agencies with an agreement to be modified. The correct name of the agency is “VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OHIO & INDIANA”.
Emergency action is requested in order to make payments to the organization for services performed in 2022 as Ordinance 0579-2022 authorized payments starting January 1, 2022. Further delay in payment to the organization will cause additional financial hardship.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: the vendor number is 028131 and expires 4/6/2023.
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To amend Ordinance No. 0579-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on April 4, 2022, to allow for a correction of the name of a non-profit organization, from Volunteers of America, Inc. to Volunteers of America Ohio & Indiana; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 0579-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on April 4, 2022, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to modify non-profit service agreements with numerous social service agencies to extend the agreements for a twelve month period that begins on or after January 1, 2022; and
WHEREAS, the ordinance included a list of 40 programs with 37 agencies (40 separate agreements), attached as Exhibit A; and
WHEREAS, it was discovered that one of the organizations listed had the incorrect organization name; and
WHEREAS, Exhibit A listed “Volunteers of America Inc.” as one of the agencies with an agreement to be modified. The correct name of the agency is “VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OHIO & INDIANA”; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development requests that Ordinance No. 0579-2022 be amended in order to correct the organization name: and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to amend Ordinance No. 0579-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on April 4, 2022, in order to make payments to the organization for services performed in 2022 as Ordinance 0579-2022 authorized payments starting January 1, 2022, and further delay in payment to the organization will cause additional financial hardship, for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, property, and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Exhibit A of Ordinance No. 0579-2022, passed by Columbus City Council on April 4, 2022, is amended as follows:
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Agencies (41) |
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VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA INC |
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VOLUNTEERS OF AMERICA OHIO & INDIANA |
SECTION 2. 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 which 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 it.