Explanation
Background: This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $4,771.00 from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources (ODNR) Division of Wildlife for funding to support the Girls Empowerment Program’s Teen Outdoor Day, set for Saturday, September 21, 2024 at McKnight Outdoor Education Center.
The goal of the Girls Empowerment Program is to offer a safe, creative, and collaborative space for girls and young women to engage in discussion, participate in shared activities, learn new skills, grow in confidence and self-awareness, and foster a sense of sisterhood and community. Led by Outdoor Education staff, this year’s Teen Outdoor Day will include team-building activities, archery, fishing, lunch, and a nature craft. Each program participant will be able to go home with a fishing pole, tackle, a fishing license (for participants 16+), an outdoor guide book, and a t-shirt.
Principal Parties:
Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife
2045 Morse Road
Columbus, OH 43229
Fiscal Impact: The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $4,771.00.
Emergency Justification: An emergency is being requested so the grant may be accepted and the funds appropriated in time for supplies to be purchased before programming begins.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into a grant agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, in the amount of $4,771.00 for the Girls Empowerment Program’s Teen Outdoor Day; to authorize an appropriation of $4,771.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($4,771.00).
Body
WHEREAS, The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, accepted applications to support the Girls Empowerment Program’s Teen Outdoor Day; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Recreation and Parks applied for and was awarded a grant to support the Girls Empowerment Program’s Teen Outdoor Day in the amount of $4,771.00; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to accept the grant and enter into a grant agreement with The Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, to support the Girls Empowerment Program’s Teen Outdoor Day; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate $4,771.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to accept and appropriate said grant funds in order to provide adequate time for supplies to be ordered and received before programming begins, for the immediate preservation of 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 Recreation and Parks is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant in the amount of $4,771.00 and enter into a grant agreement with the Ohio Department of Natural Resources Division of Wildlife, to support the Girls Empowerment Program’s Teen Outdoor Day.
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, upon receipt of an executed agreement, for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, the sum of $4,771.00 and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department grant fund 2283 per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
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, at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. 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 (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.