Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the YMCA of Central Ohio to continue support of truancy intervention activities. The contract will provide $100,000 from the General Government Grant Fund.
Ordinance 0906-2005, passed June 13, 2005, authorized the acceptance and appropriation of a $200,000 grant from the Columbus Board of Education and the expenditure of $100,000 of those funds through the YMCA. The remaining balance of those grant funds, $100,000, will now be used for an additional Truancy Intervention Center by the YMCA through a second contract.
This contract will increase the YMCA's capacity to expand on reductions in truancy through educational procedures, case management and other interventions. In addition to monetary support, the Columbus Public Schools will continue to be responsible for coordination and communication of program expectations to its' school system and to the at-large community. The City of Columbus will continue to facilitate police officers to transport truant students to a truancy center, and to serve as the fiduciary for the contract.
Emergency action is requested so that so that program activities can coincide with the school year.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes the expenditure of a $100,000 from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with the YMCA of Central Ohio to support truancy intervention activities; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000)
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to contract with the YMCA of Central Ohio to support truancy intervention activities; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Public Schools will coordinate, monitor, provide monetary support and communicate program expectations to its' school system and the community at-large; and
WHEREAS, the YMCA of Central Ohio will seek to reduce truancy through educational procedures, case management and other interventions; and
WHEREAS, under this agreement the Division of Neighborhood Services will continue to serve as fiduciary between the YMCA of Central Ohio Truancy Intervention Program and Columbus Public Schools; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contract with the YMCA of Central Ohio so that the program will coincide with the school year,all for the immediate 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 the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into contract with the YMCA of Central Ohio for the period of July 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006, to support truancy intervention activities in the Columbus Public School District.
Section 2. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $100,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Department of Development, Division 44-05, Fund 220, Grant 441001, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA 440302.
Section 3. That this contract is awarded pursuant to Section 329.15 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959 as amended.
Section 4. 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.