Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $15,000 from the Emergency Human Services Fund to the Department of Development and authorizes the expenditure of these funds by directing the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Community Development for All People to assist with costs for temporary staffing, space and supplies for the transition of the Southside Settlement House programs.
This grant is awarded following the Emergency Human Services application process and targets a social service agency that will provide help directly and indirectly to families and households through employment, educational and health programs by assisting with the capital needs of individual agencies. In addition, the city supports programs and activities so that the greater population is assured access to other community assistance. This funding will allow the process to continue much needed services.
This ordinance is presented as an emergency to allow facility improvements and program requirements to begin immediately thereby avoiding interruptions in program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: A total of $15,000.00 has been allocated for this grant from the Emergency Human Services Fund.
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To authorize the appropriation of $15,000 from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Fund to the Department of Development; to approve the grant application of Community Development for All People, seeking emergency assistance pursuant to Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into grant agreement with Community Development for All People to provide emergency assistance for costs associated with the transition of the Southside Settlement House programs; to authorize the expenditure of $15,000 from the Emergency Human Services Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($15,000.00)
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WHEREAS, with Community Development for All People has submitted a grant application seeking emergency financial assistance for costs associated with the needs of their programs; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 371.02(c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, City Council is authorized to allocate funds annually to assist social service agencies in the city with the emergency costs of delivering programs; and
WHEREAS, City Council has reviewed the grant application of Community Development for All People and hereby declares that they have articulated a need for Emergency Human Services funds that is sufficient to justify approval of said grants; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to appropriate $15,000
from the Emergency Human Services Fund to enter into a grant agreement with Community Development for All People to assist with the needs of their programs; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is presented as an emergency to allow facility improvements and program requirements to begin immediately thereby avoiding interruptions in program services; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds and to enter into a grant agreement with Community Development for All People, all for the 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 from the unappropriated monies in the Emergency Human Services Fund, and from any and all sources unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, the sum of $15,000.00 be and is hereby appropriated to the Department of Development, Department 44-01, Fund 232, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 499043.
Section 2. That the Director of the Department of Development be and is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a grant agreement with Community Development for All People to provide emergency assistance for costs associated with the transition of the Southside Settlement House programs.
Section 3. That the expenditures authorized herein are in accordance with Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959.
Section 4. That for the purpose as stated in Section 2, the expenditure of $15,000.00 or as much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Emergency Human Services Fund, Department of Development, Department 44-01, Fund 232, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 499043.
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.