Explanation
Background:
The Department is obligated to pay a portion of the Title III-A grant which includes salaries of certain employees of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging. This Ordinance transfers matching funds from the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for the Title III-A project so that both grant and matching expenditures will appear under the same project account in order to pay those salaries.
Fiscal Impact: $182,489.00 is being transferred from the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund as shown in Section 1 of this Ordinance.
Emergency action is requested in order to have the funding available to pay the salaries.
Title
To authorize and direct the transfer of $182,489.00 from the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for a Title III-A grant match; and to declare an emergency. ($182,489.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Recreation and Parks is obligated to pay salaries of certain employees of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging; and
WHEREAS, the transfer of $182,489.00 is necessary in order for the grant and matching expenditures to appear under the same project account; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to transfer said funds so that the monies are available in the proper account to pay salaries; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Department of Recreation and Parks is obligated to pay salaries of certain employees of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging.
Section 2. That the Auditor be and hereby is authorized and directed to transfer $182,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund No. 285 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 286 as follows:
FROM:
Fund No. Dept. No. Grant/Project No. OCA Code Object Level 3 Amount
285 51-01 N/A 901306 5501 $182,489.00
TO:
Fund No. Dept. No. Grant/Project No. OCA Code Object Level 3 Amount
286 51-01 518324 101857 0886 $182,489.00
Section 3. 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 4. 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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.