…Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to extend a grant agreement with See Brilliance for digital divide services.
Original Agreement $20,000.00 Ord. 2744-2024
Modification No. 1 $ 0.00
Total Agreement Amount $20,000.00
On October 21, 2024, Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 2744-2024, which authorized See Brilliance to provide digital divide services in partnership with the Columbus Rising Project.
The agreement authorized in 2024 expires on May 31, 2025. This grant extension will extend to October 31, 2025. The modification will allow See Brilliance to continue serving students impacted by the digital divide towards the beginning of the 2025-2026 school year.
For this grant agreement, funds were issued upfront. While the funds on the purchase order have been fully relieved, the dollars are not fully spent down as of May 15, 2025. To allow See Brilliance to spend these funds in compliance with the grant agreement and during the grant agreement term, the term of the grant agreement must be extended.
Emergency action is requested in order to allow the grant modification to be executed prior to the agreement’s expiration.
FISCAL IMPACT: None.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to modify a grant agreement with See Brilliance by extending the grant agreement; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance 2744-2024 was passed by Columbus City Council in October 2024, authorizing a grant agreement with See Brilliance for the Columbus Rising Project’s digital divide services; and
WHEREAS, the City Clerk seeks to extend the grant agreement to allow for eligible expenses to be incurred through October 2025; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Clerk in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Clerk to modify this grant agreement in order to extend the agreement before it expires on May 31, 2025 and continue services to communities impacted by the digital divide, 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 modify a grant agreement with See Brilliance by extending the agreement to October 31, 2025.
SECTION 2. 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 approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.