Explanation
This legislation is to authorize the Director of the Office of Education to accept, appropriate and expend a donation of $60,000.00 from the Lowe's Corporation. The donation is to be used to purchase new computers, software and other educational and technology equipment for the four Capital Kids After School program pilot sites. Capital Kids is a program started by Mayor Michael B. Coleman for school aged students from low to moderate income working families. These programs are designed to promote positive self worth, increase academic ability and encourage community responsibility.
FISCAL IMPACT
A total of $60,000.00 is available in Fund 291, Grant 40002, Object Level 03, 2193, OCA Code 400002.
EMERGENCY
It is requested that this ordinance be deemed an emergency and that there be no delay in i's passage. The legislation will allow the purchase of educational and technology equipment for the Capital Kids After School summer 2005 program that begins June 15, 2005.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Office of Education to accept, appropriate and expend a donation of $60,000.00 from the Lowe's Corporation for the purchase of new computers, software and other educational and technology equipment for the four Capital Kids After School program pilot sites; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Office of Education is authorized to accept, appropriate and expend a $60,000.00 donation from the Lowe's Corporation; and
WHEREAS, the funds received will be used for the purchase of new computers, software and other educational and technology equipment for the four pilot Capital Kids After School programs; and
WHEREAS, equipment is necessary to provide high quality programming to the participants of the after school program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of Education in that it is immediately necessary to accept, appropriate and expend said grant funds so that there is no delay in providing this equipment to the afterschool programs, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO
Section 1. That the Director of the Office of Education is hereby authorized to accept, appropriate and expend a donation of $60,000.00 from the Lowe's Corporation for purchase of new computers, software and other educational and technology equipment for the four pilot Capital Kids After School programs.
Section 2. That the amount of $60,000.00, or so much thereof as maybe necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be accepted, appropriated and expended from the Office of Education, Department No. 40-04, Fund 291, Object Level 03, 2193, OCA Code 400002, Grant 400002.
Section 3. 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 ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.