Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with The Military Veterans Educational Foundation, Inc., in support of their Veterans Day Rally.
The Military Veterans Educational Foundation, Inc., (MILVETS), a non-profit corporation, was founded in 1986 to recognize and honor Veterans, active duty service members, National Guard and reservists, promote patriotic events and educate the community about Veteran and military issues. MILVETS also promotes loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage (LDRSHIP) through continuing education via academic scholarships.
To continue fulfilling its mission of recognizing and honoring Veterans, MILVETS is organizing a Veterans Day Rally at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum on Sunday, November 10, 2024 from 11:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. The Columbus Parade is one of the regional Veterans Day sites as designated by the Veterans Day National Committee of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Emergency action is necessary to plan for the rally on November 10, 2024.
Fiscal Impact: $10,000 will be appropriated and expended from available funds within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with The Military Veterans Educational Foundation, Inc., in support of their Veterans Day Rally; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Military Veterans Educational Foundation, Inc., (MILVETS), a non-profit corporation, was founded in 1986 to recognize and honor Veterans, active duty service members, National Guard and reservists, promote patriotic events and educate the community about Veteran and military issues; and
WHEREAS, MILVETS also promotes loyalty, duty, respect, selfless service, honor, integrity, and personal courage (LDRSHIP) through continuing education via academic scholarships; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Parade is one of the regional Veterans Day sites as designated by the Veterans Day National Committee of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with The Military Veterans Educational Foundation, Inc., to ensure that it has the funds necessary to plan for the Veterans Day Rally on November 10, 2024 to recognize and honor Veterans, all 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 City Clerk is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with The Military Veterans Educational Foundation, Inc., a non-profit corporation in support of their Veterans Day Rally to be held on November 10, 2024.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation and expenditure of $10,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1, is authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. 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 5. That for the reason 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.