Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $50,000.00 from the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund. These funds will be used by the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Maryhaven, Inc. for renovation and expansion of the boys' and girls' adolescent residential care units.
Maryhaven began providing adolescent residential care with 16 beds in 1982. In 2003, Maryhaven contracted with Franklin County Children Services (FCCS) to serve teens with alcohol and drug difficulties, behavioral disorders and mental health problems. Because of a constructive working relationship with Franklin County Juvenile Court and FCCS, as well as a positive response from the teens directed to Maryhaven, the Healthier Tomorrow for Our Children program has increased to a 25-bed unit for boys and a 15-bed unit for girls.
To accommodate the increase in adolescents served, Maryhaven moved its weekend Driver Intervention Program to a local hotel and the space vacated was utilized for the boys' unit. It has been determined that this space is not large enough to provide appropriate care for the teens. The renovation and expansion will also help ensure the safety of these teenagers in a secured and structured environment, facilitating ease of supervision at all times by 24-hour staff.
These funds will be used for labor and materials costs and represent 5% of the total project cost of $1,000,000. This legislation is presented as an emergency measure to assist the processing of project costs in a timely manner.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this grant award are allocated from the FY2006 Emergency Human Services Capital Fund.
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To authorize the appropriation of $50,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund to the Department of Development; to approve the grant application of Maryhaven, Inc. seeking financial assistance to address an emergency human service need pursuant to Section 371.02(c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to provide grant assistance to Maryhaven, Inc.; to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Maryhaven, Inc. has submitted a grant application seeking financial assistance for renovation and expansion of their boys' and girls' adolescent residential care units; and
WHEREAS, City Council has reviewed the grant application of Maryhaven and hereby declares that Maryhaven has articulated an emergency human service need that is sufficient to justify approval of said grant; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Director of the Department of Development to appropriate funds from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund and to enter into a grant agreement with Maryhaven; and
WHEREAS, funds from this grant will be used for labor and materials costs and represent 5% of the total project cost of $1,000,000; and
WHEREAS, renovation and expansion of the care units will allow the Maryhaven staff to more effectively treat teens who have mental and substance abuse issues and will ensure their safety in a secured and structured environment, facilitating ease of supervision at all times by 24-hour staff; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds and to provide grant assistance to Maryhaven for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, safety and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the grant application of Maryhaven, Inc. seeking financial assistance to address an emergency human service need pursuant to Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959 is hereby approved.
Section 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund and from any and all sources unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, the sum of $50,000.00 be and is hereby appropriated to the Department of Development, Department No. 44-05, Fund 232, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 440508, Project 200001 .
Section 3. That the Director of the Department of Development be and is hereby authorized to provide grant assistance to Maryhaven, Inc. for renovation and expansion of the boys' and girls' adolescent residential care units.
Section 4. That for the purpose as stated in Section 3, the expenditure of $50,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund, Department of Development, Department No. 44-05, Fund 232, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 440508, Project 200001.
Section 5. That this expenditure is in accordance with Chapter 371.02(c) of the Columbus City Codes.
Section 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and shall 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.