Explanation
BACKGROUND: CelebrateOne has been awarded a grant by the Crane Family Foundation, which has been deposited into the CelebrateOne Community Fund at The Columbus Foundation. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $52,000.00 in grant money to support the work of CelebrateOne’s doula programs.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program activity is funded by private contributions to the CelebrateOne Community Fund at The Columbus Foundation and does not generate revenue nor require a City match. A deposit of $52,000.00 will be made to the City's Private Grant Fund 2291, G401901 after passage of this ordinance.
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To authorize the CelebrateOne Executive Director to transfer grant funds from the Crane Family Foundation through the CelebrateOne Community Fund at The Columbus Foundation to the City's Private Grant Fund for support of CelebrateOne doula programs in the amount of $52,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $52,000.00 to the City's Private Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($52,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $52,000.00 in grant funds have been made available to CelebrateOne from the Crane Family Foundation through the CelebrateOne Community Fund at the Columbus Foundation for CelebrateOne doula programs; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible as financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of CelebrateOne in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Executive Director of CelebrateOne to accept this grant from the Crane Family Foundation through the CelebrateOne Community Fund at The Columbus Foundation, and to appropriate these funds to CelebrateOne for the immediate preservation of 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 Executive Director is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award of $52,000.00 from the Crane Family Foundation through the CelebrateOne Fund at The Columbus Foundation.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Fund known as the City's Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 2291, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources for the period ending December 31, 2023, the sum of $52,000.00 is hereby appropriated per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the CelebrateOne Executive Director, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused city match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.