Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contracts with Columbus Housing Partnership dba Homeport (Homeport), Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Homes on the Hill CDC, OSU Extension Services and Columbus Urban League to provide HUD Certified homeowner counseling services. Homeowner counseling includes, but is not limited to, pre-purchase education, financial literacy, individual homebuyer counseling and foreclosure counseling. The total amount of these contracts is $56,777 from the Community Development Block Grant Fund (CDBG).
Emergency action is requested to allow program services to continue without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this expenditure are allocated from the 2014 Community Development Block Grant Fund budget.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contracts with Columbus Housing Partnership dba Homeport, Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Homes on the Hill CDC, OSU Extension Services and the Columbus Urban League to provide HUD Certified homeowner counseling services; to authorize the expenditure of $56,777 from the Community Development Block Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($56,777.00)
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into contracts with various non-profit organizations to provide HUD Certified homeowner counseling services; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Housing Partnership dba Homeport (Homeport), Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Homes on the Hill CDC, OSU Extension Services and Columbus Urban League, are non-profit organizations with the capacity to provide HUD Certified homeowner counseling services; and
WHEREAS, homeowner counseling includes, but is not limited to, pre-purchase education, financial literacy, individual homebuyer counseling and foreclosure counseling; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contracts with Columbus Housing Partnership dba Homeport (Homeport), Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Homes on the Hill CDC, OSU Extension Services and Columbus Urban League, so that necessary services will not be interrupted, all for the 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 Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into contracts with Columbus Housing Partnership dba Homeport (Homeport), Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission, Homes on the Hill CDC, OSU Extension Services and Columbus Urban League, for the purpose of providing HUD Certified homeowner counseling services.
SECTION 2. That these contracts are awarded pursuant to Section 329.15 of the Columbus City Code.
SECTION 3. That for the purpose as stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $56,777.00 or so much thereof as necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Department of Development, Department 44-10, Fund 248, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA 444241 as follows:
AGENCY AMOUNT
Homeport $13,913
Mid-Ohio Regional Planning Commission $11,311
Homes on the Hill CDC $11,368
OSU Extension Services $ 8,200
Columbus Urban League $11,985
Total Allocation $56,777
SECTION 4. 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 5. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which 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.