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File #: 1899-2011    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/27/2011 In control: Development Committee
On agenda: 11/14/2011 Final action: 11/16/2011
Title: To authorize the appropriation of $75,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Land Management Fund to the Department of Development to provide funds for the administration of Land Redevelopment Office and related projects; and to declare an emergency. ($75,000.00)
Explanation
 
Background: This legislation appropriates $75,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Land Management Fund for the administration of the Land Reutilization Program. The Land Management Fund was created in September, 1998 to provide funds for various expenses associated with the management and maintenance of properties held in the Columbus Land Bank.
 
Emergency action is requested so that expenditures related to the administration of Land Redevelopment projects can be charged accordingly.
 
Fiscal Impact: This legislation appropriates $75,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Land Management Fund. The unencumbered cash balance of this fund is approximately $398,000.
 
 
Title
 
To authorize the appropriation of $75,000 from the unappropriated  balance of the Land Management  Fund to the Department of Development to provide funds for the administration of Land Redevelopment Office and related projects; and to declare an emergency. ($75,000.00)
 
 
Body
 
Whereas, the Land Management Fund was created in September 1998 to provide funds for various expenses associated with the management and maintenance of properties held in the Land Bank; and
 
Whereas, this legislation appropriates $75,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Land Management Fund to the Department of Development for the administration of the Land Reutilization Program; and
 
Whereas, the unencumbered cash balance of this fund is approximately $398,000; and
 
Whereas, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, that it is immediately necessary to provide an appropriation so that expenditures related to the administration of Land Redevelopment projects can be charged accordingly, thus avoiding an interruption in the delivery of vital program services, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore,
 
 
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
 
 
Section 1.      That from the unallocated  monies in the Land Management  Fund, Fund No. 206, and from any and all sources unallocated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, the sum of $75,000 be and hereby is appropriated to the Department of Development, Division 44-01, OCA Code 441206, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3370.
 
Section 2.      That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon the order of the Development Director and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
 
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.