Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with CBCT Building Futures to provide pre-apprenticeship training to a cohort of 15 Columbus residents.
The City of Columbus seeks to create a pre-apprenticeship program through a collaboration between CBCT and the City of Refuge Goodlife Foundation. CBCT will administer the program, bringing their expertise with the Building Futures program to a partnership City of Refuge Goodlife Foundation, which can leverage its deep relationships and trust in the community to recruit participants and provide strong emotional and tangible support to participants as they overcome barriers to work.
This program will be a 12-week program that will provide 15 City of Columbus residents with the skills needed to begin a career in the region booming construction industry, in a partnership between The City of Refuge Goodlife Foundation and CBCT-Building Futures. A career with one of the affiliated trades will provide participants with a gainful starting wage, health benefits, and retirement benefits. After the successful conclusion of the 12-week program, participants will have a pathway into a registered apprenticeship program.
The not-for-profit service contract will support personnel costs, participant screening and entry costs, some direct support to participants, curriculum, and other miscellaneous supplies and services for the program. Up to $3,000.00 may be used to support the cost of food and non-alcoholic beverages for participants in the cohort.
The services included in this not-for-profit service contract cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the city’s current staffing capacity to provide.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency action is requested in order to launch on schedule, with an expected start date in August. In order to authorize the contract and issue funds in support of the program ahead of the cohort launch date, emergency action is required.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is available within the Job Growth subfund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with CBCT Building Futures in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00 to create a pre-apprenticeship training program; to authorize the advancement of funds on a pre-determined schedule during the term of the agreement; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Job Growth subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($200,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus seeks to establish a pre-apprenticeship training program for 15 Columbus residents who seek to pursue a career in the trades; and
WHEREAS, CBCT Building Futures brings experience with their Building Futures pre-apprenticeship program in providing this training; and
WHEREAS, the City of Refuge Goodlife Foundation has a unique connection to the community and the ability to recruit and support participants, helping them overcome barriers to work; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with CBCT Building Futures in order to provide funds and launch the program in a timely manner, 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 Director of the Department of Development is authorized and directed to enter into a not-for-profit service contract with CBCT Building Futures in an amount not to exceed $200,000.00 to provide a pre-apprenticeship training program and to authorize the advancement of funds on a pre-determined schedule during the term of the agreement.
SECTION 2. That the Auditor is hereby authorized to appropriate $200,000.00 within the Job Growth subfund per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $200,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, is authorized in Fund 1000 (General Fund), in Object Class 03 (Services), per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That this contract is awarded in accordance with the relevant provisions of City Code Chapter 329 relating to not-for-profit service contracts.
SECTION 5. That up to $3,000.00 of said expenditure may be for food and non-alcoholic beverage purchases and that City Council finds such expenditure to be for a proper public purpose. No expenditure may be made for alcoholic beverage purchases. Expenses for food and non-alcoholic beverage may only be reimbursed from and after the effective date of this ordinance.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 7. 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.