Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Think Veterans First for the purpose of supporting the 4th annual Vet Ohio Expo.
The Vet Ohio Expo is designed to showcase veteran-owned businesses who provide services or products to business owners or to the community. The Expo was started by Regina Rembert, retired U.S. Army, and founder of the non-profit Buy-Vet, now Think Veterans First. It provides an opportunity to link existing and prospective organizations with veteran-owned enterprises that can bolster their businesses operations and provide valuable exposure for veteran entrepreneurs in our community. This year’s event will take place on Thursday, September 5 at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum. Also collaborating on the event are the Small Business Administration, The Ohio Veteran Chamber of Commerce and the National Veteran Owned Business Association.
Emergency action is requested in order to immediately provide the funds necessary to reserve available space at the location for this year’s Expo.
Fiscal Impact: The funding of $10,000.00 is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Think Veterans First for the purpose of supporting the 4th annual Vet Ohio Expo; and to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Think Veterans First is an organization that highlights veteran-owned businesses and grows a network of veteran entrepreneurs through which they can collaborate, share best practices, and support one another; and
WHEREAS, Vet Ohio Expo is designed to showcase veteran-owned businesses who provide services or products to business owners or to the community; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Clerk, in that it is necessary to ensure that Think Veterans First has the funds to reserve available space for the Expo, 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 City Clerk is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the Think Veterans First in support of the 4th annual Vet Ohio Expo.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $10,000.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to the City Clerk per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $10,000.00 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 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 5. 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.