Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Artway to operate as a fiscal agent in support of the Polymath Foundation’s Southside Community Day and Erica Wheeler Basketball Camp.
Southside Community Day’s Back to School Event will provide backpacks filled with school supplies for children of the Southside of Columbus. The Polymath Foundation will organize educational activities and resources for the community. The Erica Wheeler Basketball Camp is a basketball camp for local youth in partnership with Erica Wheeler from the Indiana Fever.
Emergency action is necessary to ensure that funding is available so that students can benefit from summer programming opportunities.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Artway Inc. to operate as a fiscal agent in support of the Polymath Foundation’s Southside Community Day and Erica Wheeler Basketball Camp; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($35,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Artway Inc. is a non-profit organization in Columbus that advocates for the arts and supports communities that are underrepresented in the arts; and
WHEREAS, Artway is prepared to serve as a fiscal agent in support of the Polymath Foundation’s Southside Community Day and Erica Wheeler Basketball Camp which will enhance community engagement through events and educational programs; and
WHEREAS, the Polymath Foundation’s Southside Community Day and Erica Wheeler Basketball Camp seeks to create a positive impact on the overall well-being of Southside residents; 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 provide upfront funding by entering into a grant agreement with Artway Inc. to serve as a fiscal agent in support of the Polymath Foundation’s Southside Community Day and Erica Wheeler Basketball Camp; 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 Artway Inc. to operate as the fiscal agent in support of the Polymath Foundation’s Southside Community Day and Erica Wheeler Basketball Camp.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation and expenditure of $35,000.00, 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.