Explanation
Background: This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $11,129.00 from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners (dba: Franklin County Senior Options) for funding to support the 2008 50+ Fitness program. The Senior Fitness Project aims to improve the quality of life for seniors by improving their overall physical condition with a focus on fall prevention. This project offers exercise classes and fitness room training that is designed (through equipment and instruction) for the senior population with the goal of increasing functional fitness, which will allow them to remain as independent as possible. This grant will be used to continue the 50+ Fitness programs at the various Multigenerational Adult Program (MAP) Centers during 2008.
A 10% match in the amount of $1,129.00 is required from the Recreation and Parks Department and will come from the Senior Fitness Special Purpose Account.
Previous expenditures were: $11,129.00 in 2007 (Ord. No. 0601-2007); $10,805.00 in 2006 (Ord. No. 0640-2006); $10,595.00 in 2005 (Ord. No. 0113-2005); and $8,856.00 in 2004 (Ord. No. 0287-2004).
Fiscal Impact: The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $11,129.00.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $11,129.00 and enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners (dba: Franklin County Senior Options) for funding to support the 50+ Fitness Programs, to authorize an appropriation of $11,129.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department, and to declare an emergency. ($11,129.00)
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WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners (dba: Franklin County Senior Options) has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant to support the 50+ Fitness Programs at various Multi-Generational Centers; and
WHEREAS, this grant will enable the Department to purchase various pieces of fitness equipment and partner with other health and wellness organizations in order to educate our elderly citizens so they are able to maintain a healthy lifestyle and be in a better position to make sound choices in their lives; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept the grant and enter into said agreement so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as practicable; 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 accept a grant in the amount of $11,129.00 and enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners (dba: Franklin County Senior Options) to support the 50+ Fitness programs.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 286, 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, 2008, the sum of $11,129.00 is appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department, Department No.51-01, 2008 Health /Wellness Program, Grant No.; AR510261-001, OCA Code; 518005, and Object Level 3; 2269.
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.