Explanation
This ordinance will authorize the appropriation and the transfer of $35,000 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund for operating expenses related to the department's late night basketball program for the 2014 season.
Late Night Basketball, Community Recreation Section
$35,000 is being provided for part-time positions and supplies to expand the summer late night basketball opportunities available for teens and young adults.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funding for this ordinance is made available from the city's Neighborhood Initiatives Fund 018 for transfer to the Columbus Recreation and Parks Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the appropriation of $35,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund; to direct the transfer and appropriation of $35,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund for expenditures related to the late night baskeball program; and to declare an emergency. ($35,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus Recreation and Parks Department will have a greater and more efficient impact on the community with expansions to the late night basketball programs as a result of this support from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund; and
WHEREAS, it has been a priority of Columbus City Council to identify opportunities to support various neighborhood initiatives that enhance our communities; and
WHEREAS, this legislation will authorize the Recreation and Parks Department to hire staff, buy equipment, and pay other costs related to the aforementioned expansion, and
WHEREAS, funds are being appropriated and transferred from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund for salaries and other costs needed to facilitate the expansion of this program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate and transfer said funds to have funding available for necessary expenditures; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate and transfer $35,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund as follows:
FROM:
Fund Type Fund Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Neighborhood Initiatives 018 5501 512851 $35,000.00
TO:
Fund Type Dept # Fund Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Operating 51-01 285 0886 901306 $35,000.00
SECTION 2. That $35,000.00 is hereby appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund 285 as follows:
Fund Type Dept # Fund OCA Code Object Level 3 Amount
Late Night Basketball
Operating 51-01 285 510297 1112 16,500.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 1160 1,800.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 1171 200.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 1173 500.00
Operating 51-01 285 510107 1131 10,000.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 2269 6,000.00
$35,000.00
SECTION 3. 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 ordinance.
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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.