Explanation
BACKGROUND
This Ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks, on behalf of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA), to enter into contract with The Tony R. Wells Foundation, a non-profit corporation to act as the fiscal agent for the Shallow Rental Subsidy Pilot Program.
COAAA has been awarded funds from the Ohio Department of Aging to administer the Shallow Rental Subsidy Pilot Program. The COAAA Shallow Rental Subsidy Pilot Program is hoping to identify and assist renters ages 60 and older who are paying more than 50% of their total household income toward rent. Eligible participants will receive a monthly stipend toward their rent paid directly to the landlord. The goal of this pilot is to stabilize the housing for enrolled consumers for a period of 12 months by providing partial rental assistance to bridge the gap between income and housing costs. Payments are expected to begin in Summer 2024.
Approximately 25 individuals are expected to be served by this pilot program.
FISCAL IMPACT: The contract between the Wells Foundation and the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging will extend to June 30, 2025. This agreement has a defined budget of $100,000 in rental subsidies plus the Wells Foundation Service Fee of $7,630.00.
PRINCIPLE PARTY:
Tony R. Wells
The Wells Foundation
445 Hutchinson Ave., Suite 140,
Columbus, Ohio 43235
614-335-5009
twells@trwellsfoundation.org
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: the vendor number is 038668 and expires 06/22/2025.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: COAAA is requesting emergency justification to prevent any delay in the receipt of the rental subsidy payments by qualifying older adult tenants.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks Department, on behalf of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, to enter into a Not for Profit Services Contract with Tony R. Wells Foundation to act as the fiscal agent for the Shallow Rental Subsidy Pilot Program; to authorize the expenditure of $107,630.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($107,630.00)
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WHEREAS, The Central Ohio Area on Aging (COAAA) has been awarded funds from the Ohio Department of Aging to support the Shallow Rental Subsidy Pilot Program; and
WHEREAS, The COAAA Shallow Rental Subsidy Pilot Program will identify and assist renters ages 60 and older who are paying more than 50% of their total household income toward rent. Eligible participants will receive a monthly stipend toward their rent paid directly to the landlord for a period of 12 months, and
WHEREAS, This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks, on behalf of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA), to enter into contract with the Tony R. Wells Foundation to act as the fiscal agent for the Shallow Rental Subsidy Pilot Program in an amount up to $107,630.00 for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Recreation and Parks in that this contract should be authorized immediately to prevent any delay of rental payments to vulnerable older adults in Central Ohio, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks, on behalf of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA), be and is hereby authorized to enter into a not-for-profit services contract with the Tony R. Wells Foundation to act as the fiscal agent for the Shallow Rental Subsidy Pilot Program.
SECTION 2. That for the purpose as stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $107,630.00 or so much thereof as may be needed is hereby authorized from and within the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 2286, Dept-DV 51-5101 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. Funds are hereby deemed appropriated, and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this Ordinance, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish such accounting codes as necessary, to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all agreements, contracts, or 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 approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.