Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the appropriation and transfer of $15,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund No. 747, and authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with the Clintonville Community fund to provide partial funding, not to exceed $15,000.00, for a feasibility study for a fundraising campaign for renovations to Whatstone Recreation Center.
The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department has been working closely with the Clintonville Community on the renovations for Whetstone Recreation Center. The community has expressed an interest in raising funds to apply towards the renovations and for additional improvements desired by the community. The Clintonville Community Fund is contracting for this feasibility study and has requested the department contribute towards the study.
Federal ID Number for the Clintonville Community Fund is #31-1457018.
Emergency action is necessary to allow project to proceed in a timely manner. The planning for the renovations and expansion are underway and if additional funding is identified, it needs to be done soon to keep the project on schedule.
Fiscal Impact:
$15,000.00 is budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund to meet the financial obligation of this project
Title
To authorize the appropriation and transfer of $15,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund, to enter into contract with the Clintonville Community Fund for a feasibility study for a fundraising campaign for renovations to Whetstone Recreation Center, to authorize the expenditure of $15,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($15,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Clintonville Community Fund has expressed an interest in raising funds to apply towards the renovations and for additional improvements desired by the community for the Whetstone Recreation Center, and has requested the Recreation and Parks Department contribute towards the study; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate and transfer $15,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund, and to enter into contract to allow project to proceed in a timely manner; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract with the Clintonville Community fund to provide partial funding, not to exceed $15,000.00, for a feasibility study for a fundraising campaign for renovations to Whetstone Recreation Center, in accordance with plans and specifications on file in the Recreation and Parks Department.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to appropriate $15,000.00 to the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund No. 747, Dept. 51-01, Project No. 747999, OCA Code 900747, and Object Level 3 No. 6681.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer $15,000.00 within the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund No. 747, Dept. 51-01, Project No. 747999, OCA Code 900747, and Object Level 3 - 6681 to Facility Improvements, Project No. 510035, OCA Code 640862, and Object Level 3 - 6681.
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $15,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Recreation and Parks Permanent Improvement Fund No. 747, Dept. 51-01, Facility Improvements, Project No. 510035, Object Level 3 - 6681, and OCA Code 640862, to pay the cost thereof.
SECTION 5. 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.