Explanation
Background:
This ordinance provides for the appropriation of special purpose funds to continue purchasing supplies and providing services in 2011 that are supported by donations and fees.
Emergency legislation is required in order to have funding available for necessary expenditures in February.
Fiscal Impact:
The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Special Purpose Fund's unappropriated balance by $31,637.00.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $31,637.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Public Utilities Special Purpose Fund to the Public Utilities Department to continue purchasing supplies and providing services during 2011, and to declare an emergency. ($31,637.00)
Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance provides for the appropriation of lapsed funds in order to continue purchasing supplies and providing services during 2011; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Utilities Department in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds in order to have funding available for February expenditures thereby preserving the City's public health, peace, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That it is necessary to appropriate special purpose funds to continue purchasing supplies and providing services in 2011 that are supported by donations and fees.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Public Utilities Special Purpose Fund, Fund No. 223, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, the sum of $31,637.00 is appropriated to the Public Utilities Department, Department No. 60-09, as follows:
Sub OCA Object
Project Title Fund Code Level 3 Amount
Waterways Nature Preservation 062 600223 2290 20,000.00
Waterways Nature Preservation 062 600223 3390 11,637.00
TOTAL $31,637.00
SECTION 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Public Utilities, 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 4. 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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.