Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Local Matters, in an amount up to $140,000.00, to support essential food education and access for Columbus children and families.
Local Matters offers comprehensive food access and education programming that reaches low-income people of all ages across Central Ohio. This includes education programs, offered free of charge, to thousands of participants at schools and other community organizations across the region, at low cost through Veggie Van, and at a sliding scale in our Community Kitchen. Through this programming, Local Matters currently provides inclusive virtual and hands-on culinary skills training that encourages healthy eating across diverse populations and ages. Programs offered by Local Matters serve people across the life course, with a concentration on populations that qualify for federal benefits programs, such as SNAP, and free-and-reduced lunch.
Emergency action is necessary to allow program services to be implemented without delay.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is available within the Administration's General Fund budget ($80,000.00) and Neighborhood Initiatives subfund ($60,000.00).
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: vendor number is 000411 and expires on 10/06/2022.
Title
To authorize the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Local Matters in an amount up to $140,000.00 to support essential food education and access for Columbus children and families; to authorize the appropriation of $60,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; to authorize a transfer between the Administration Division’s General Fund object classes of $60,000.00; to authorize an expenditure of $140,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($140,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Local Matters offers comprehensive food access and education programming that reaches low-income people of all ages across Central Ohio; and
WHEREAS, programs offered by Local Matters serve people across the life course, with a concentration on populations that qualify for federal benefits programs, such as SNAP, and free-and-reduced lunch; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a grant agreement with Local Matters for essential food education and access for Columbus children and families program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to execute a grant agreement with Local Matters and to make the funds available so that program services can be implemented without delay, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to execute a grant agreement with Local Matters in an amount up to $140,000.00.
SECTION 2. That the Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $60,000.00 within the Fund 1000 (General Fund), Subfund 100018 (Neighborhood Initiatives subfund), Dept Div 44-01 (Administration), Object Class 03 (Services), per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the transfer of $60,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized within Fund 1000 (General Fund), from Dept-Div 44-01 (Administration), object class 01 (Personnel) to Dept-Div 44-01 (Administration), object class 03 (Purchased Services) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $140,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed is hereby authorized in Fund 1000 (General Fund), Dept Div 44-01 (Administration), Object Class 03 (Services), per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 5. Funds are hereby deemed appropriated and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this ordinance and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. 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 7. 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.