Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes an amendment to Ordinance No. 0161-03, passed February 3, 2003, to extend the contract periods of two truancy prevention and intervention programs operated by the YMCA and the Columbus Metropolitan Area Community Action Organization (CMACAO). The amendment will extend the contract periods until February 27, 2004, an extension of approximately five months. This extension will enable the Truancy Centers to fulfill their contractual obligations.
The Columbus Board of Education's Alternative Programs Grant awards funds for these programs. The primary goal of the programs is to reduce the number of youth involved in truancy offenses, through educational, case management and other interventions. This initiative promotes improved school attendance for participants.
This ordinance is presented as an emergency to allow program services to continue without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funding will be required by this legislation.
Title
To amend Ordinance No. 0161-03, passed February 3, 2003, to extend the contract period of truancy prevention and intervention programs; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 0161-03, passed February 3, 2003, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to accept a $200,000 grant from the Columbus Board of Education and to enter into contracts with the YMCA and CMACAO to provide truancy prevention and intervention services; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to amend Ordinance No. 0161-03 in order to allow the truancy program contracts to be in effect until February 27, 2004; and
WHEREAS, this extension will enable the Truancy Centers to fulfill their contractual obligations; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of and Development in that it is immediately necessary to amend said Ordinance for the 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 Section 4 of Ordinance No. 0161-03, passed February 3, 2003, be and is hereby amended to read as follows:
Section 4. That the Director of the Department of Development be
and is hereby authorized to enter into contracts to support
truancy prevention and intervention programs with
various agencies as listed in Section 6. The contracts will
be in effect from September 1, 2002 to February 27, 2004.
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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.