Explanation
Background:
This legislation is to appropriate supplemental grant funds from the Ohio Department of Aging and the Franklin County Office on Aging, as administered by the Central Ohio Area Agency to carry on various services for the balance of 2023 and for 2024.
Fiscal Impact:
The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to appropriate a balance of $13,922,988.00 within the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for various senior services. This appropriation will enable the Recreation and Parks Department to continue those programs as required by the granting agencies for the balance of 2023 and 2024.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested so that the allocated funds can be utilized to continue the operation of senior services without interruption for the period from October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024.
Title
To authorize a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $13,922,988.00 and any additional funds or grant awards to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for the operation of various grant programs administered by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer appropriations between object classes for the Ohio Department of Aging, Franklin County Office on Aging, aging programs; and to declare an emergency. ($13,922,988.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate grant funds so that the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging of the Recreation and Parks Department can provide services beyond FY 2023 without service interruption; 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 grant funds to avoid delay of services to older adults, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; and now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department, on behalf of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, is hereby authorized to accept grant funds, and upon receipt of notice of award or executed agreement, the sum of $13,922,988.00 is appropriated to Recreation and Parks Department No. 51, Fund No. 2286 per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the monies in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon the 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 3. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized, and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 4. That the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department, on behalf of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, is hereby authorized and directed to accept any additional grant awards from the Ohio Department of Aging and the Franklin County Office on Aging to carry on the various services for the period October 1, 2023 through December 31, 2024 and any additional grant awards are authorized to be appropriated during this time.
SECTION 5. 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 6. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer appropriations between object classes for the Ohio Department of Aging and the Franklin County Office on Aging, aging programs as needed upon request by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging.
SECTION 7. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part thereof, 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.