City of Columbus - File #: 0590-2006

• File #: 0590-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/9/2006
• In control: Administration Committee
• On agenda: 3/13/2006
• Final action: 3/15/2006
• Title: To authorize the appropriation of $26,190 from the Jobs Growth Fund to the Office of Education; for the City of Columbus and Franklin County Youth Works Program and to declare an emergency .($26,190)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/15/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
3/14/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/13/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
3/13/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
3/10/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/10/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/10/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
3/9/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/9/2006	1	EDUCATION DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/9/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/9/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/9/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/9/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

The 2006 City budget includes funds to create summer job opportunities for Columbus youth. During the budget process City Council added $500,000 to the Jobs Growth Fund as part of its amendments. This legislation authorizes an appropriation of $26,190 of these funds to the Office of Education. The funding is needed for advertising, training, transportation, office supplies, computer/printer and professional services. The City of Columbus and Franklin County Youth Works program will train and employ approximately 2000 youth ages 14 to 18 beginning March 13, 2006.

Emergency Action is necessary to allow the Office of Education to start implementation into the City of Columbus and Franklin County Youth Works Program for summer employment.

FISCAL IMPACT:  

These funds are budgeted within the 2006 Jobs Growth Fund and will reduce the fund by $26,190.

Title

To authorize the appropriation of $26,190 from the Jobs Growth Fund to the Office of Education; for the City of Columbus and Franklin County Youth Works Program and to declare an emergency .($26,190)

Body

WHEREAS; City Council amended the 2006 budget to include $500,000 in the Job Growth Initiatives Fund for summer youth employment; and

WHEREAS, The City of Columbus desires to create more jobs for its youth; and

WHEREAS, Council deems it an appropriate use of the Jobs Growth Fund to support this effort; and

WHEREAS, emergency action is necessary to allow the implementation of this program in a timely manner; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of Education in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate these funds from the Jobs Growth Fund to the Office of Education for various services and supplies and implementing the City of Columbus and Franklin County Youth Works Program and for the immediate 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 City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $26,190 in the Jobs Growth Fund, Fund 015 to the Office of Education, Division No. 40-04, OCA Code 440415 as follows:                                                          

                                 Object Level One - 02, Object Level Three -2000, for $1,200

                                Object Level One - 03, Object level Three -3000, for $24,990

Section 2.      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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage of the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.