Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with the Godman Guild Association for the provision of services for a twelve-month period. The total amount of this grant agreement is $18,290.25.
The legislation targets a social service program that falls into one or more of the City’s three priority areas including emergency and basic needs, employment and self-sufficiency, and social success for our residents and neighborhoods.
Godman Guild is piloting Career Bridges through a cohort job training experience in collaboration with OhioHealth. Unemployed city residents who are interested in working in the medical field will have the opportunity to prepare for employment at Grant and Riverside hospitals in the areas of Environmental Services (EVS) and Patient Support (PSA) through this training program.
Emergency action is necessary to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for these expenditures is allocated from the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund ($18,290.25).
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To approve the grant application of Godman Guild Association seeking financial assistance to address emergency human service needs pursuant to Columbus City Code; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $18,290.25 from the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; to authorize the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Godman Guild Association to address and provide for unemployed city residents in obtaining and retaining employment with partner employers; and to declare an emergency. ($18,290.25)
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WHEREAS, Godman Guild Association has submitted a grant application seeking financial assistance; and
WHEREAS, City Council is authorized to allocate funds annually to assist social service agencies in the city with the operating costs of delivering programs; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a grant agreement with Godman Guild Association for the continued provision of social services; and
WHEREAS Godman Guild Association will be funded with the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a grant agreement with Godman Guild Association to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of vital program services, all for the 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 the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into contract with the Godman Guild Association for the purpose of unemployed city residents obtaining and retaining employment with partner employers.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to and directed to appropriate $18,290.25 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to the Department of Development per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That for the purpose as stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $18,290.25, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That this contract is entered into pursuant to the relevant provisions of City Code Chapter 329 relating to not-for-profit service contracts.
SECTION 5. 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 legislation.
SECTION 6. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary
SECTION 7. 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.