Explanation
Background
This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept and appropriate American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) grant funds received from the Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) to administer the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program and distribute vouchers for the period April 1, 2023, through November 30, 2023.
This program will provide vouchers for seniors to redeem with local organized markets, including the North Market, in various Central Ohio counties. Approximately 5,100 individuals are expected to receive vouchers.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested so that the allocated funding can be utilized to provide vouchers prior to the program’s culmination on November 30, 2023.
Principal Parties:
LifeCare Alliance
Charles W. Gehring, President/CEO
1699 West Mound Street
Columbus, Ohio 43223
(614) 278 3141; FAX (614) 278 3143
FID #31 4379494 (NPO)
FISCAL IMPACT
This legislation authorizes the appropriation of $44,701.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to accept and appropriate a grant from the Ohio Department of Aging in the amount of $44,701.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; to authorize and direct the Executive Director of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging to accept any additional grant awards from the Ohio Department of Aging for the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program for the period April 1, 2023, through November 30, 2023; and to declare an emergency. ($44,701.00)
Body
WHEREAS, federal and state American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funding for the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program was awarded to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds from the Ohio Department of Aging for the continuation of the Senior Farmer’s Market program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to accept and appropriate this grant award, as funding for services must be utilized by November 30, 2023; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department, on behalf of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award of $44,701.00 from the Ohio Department of Aging for the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program for the period April 1, 2023, through November 30, 2023.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Grant Fund 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, 2023, the sum of up to and upon receipt of executed agreement is appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department, Department No. 51, Fund No. 2286, per accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department, 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 4. 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 legislation.
SECTION 5. That, at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized, and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 6. That the Executive Director of the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging is hereby authorized and directed to accept any additional grant awards from the Ohio Department of Aging for the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program for the period April 1, 2023, through November 30, 2023.
SECTION 7. That from the unappropriated monies 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 ended December 31, 2023, any additional awarded funds are appropriated in Fund 2286 according to notification of award or grant agreement by the grantor.
SECTION 8. 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.