Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Short North Alliance, Inc., in support of Highball Halloween 2024.
Short North Alliance, Inc. (SNA) is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization serving both the property owners and business owners of the Short North Arts District. The mission of the Short North Alliance is to nurture the Short North Arts District as a vibrant, creative, and inclusive community and leading arts destination.
One of the ways the SNA raises money for its members is through festivals and community events. These events, including Highball Halloween, draw thousands of visitors from throughout the Central Ohio region to help reinforce the image of the Short North neighborhood as one of the premier economic drivers in the State of Ohio.
Emergency action is necessary to plan for the event on October 26, 2024.
Fiscal Impact: $60,000 will be appropriated and expended from available funds within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Short North Alliance, Inc. in support of Highball Halloween 2024; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($65,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the mission of the Short North Alliance (SNA) is to nurture the Short North Arts District as a vibrant, creative, and inclusive community and leading arts destination; and
WHEREAS, one of the ways the SNA raises money for its members is through festivals and community events; and
WHEREAS, these events, including Highball Halloween, draw thousands of visitors from throughout the Central Ohio region to help reinforce the image of the Short North neighborhood as one of the premier economic drivers in the State of Ohio; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Clerk to ensure the Short North Alliance, Inc. has the funds to plan for the Highball Halloween 2024 event on October 26, 2024, 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 City Clerk is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Short North Alliance, Inc. in support of Highball Halloween 2024.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation and expenditure of $65,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1, is authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
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 reason 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.