Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with the Franklin County Commissioners for Summer Youth Employment - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Funds and appropriate said funds.
TANF funds are grant funds that are passed through the Federal - State - County levels.
These funds will subsequently be legislated through the Private Industry Council for administration and distribution.
Youth will be working within the areas of Recreation, Parks, and Administration.
Emergency action is necessary as program is scheduled to begin immediately.
Fiscal Impact:
This ordinance will reduce the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund by $394,706.85.
The expenditure of $394,706.85 is budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with the Franklin County Commissioners for the Summer Youth Employment - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Funds, to appropriate said funds, and to declare an emergency. ($394,706.85)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enter into contract with the Franklin County Commissioners for the Summer Youth Employment - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds as program is scheduled to begin immediately; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a contract with the Franklin County Commissioners for the Summer Youth Employment - Temporary Assistance for Needy Families.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2004, the sum of $394,706.85 is appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 286, Dept. 51-01, as follows.
Fund Type Grant No. Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Grant 514029 3336 514029 $394,706.85
SECTION 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Recreation and Parks, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
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 ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.