Explanation
Background:
This ordinance provides for the appropriation of special purpose funds for staffing in 2009 that is supported by donations and fees.
Emergency legislation is required in order to have funding available for necessary expenditures in May.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $32,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Special Purpose Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department for staffing in 2009 that is supported by donations and fees; and to declare an emergency. ($32,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance provides for the appropriation of lapsed funds in order to continue staffing for services during 2009; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Recreation and Parks, in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds in order to have funding available for May staffing for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Special Purpose Fund, Fund No. 223, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009, the sum of $32,000.00 is appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department, Department No. 51-01, as follows:
Sub OCA Object
Project Title Fund Code Level 3 Amount
Various Park Improvement Donations 025 511220 1112 $ 32,000.00
SECTION 2. That the monies in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Recreation and Parks, 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 3. 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.