Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Ordinance 2697-2003 authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with the J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center for costs associated with the construction of the new facility. It has been determined that the City will fund costs of programs provided in the Center instead of construction-related costs.
This legislation will amend Section 1 to allow for the support of Youth Center programs. This legislation will also amend Section 3 by reducing the authorized expenditure to $20,000.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This legislation will reduce the proposed expenditure from $41,000 to $20,000. Funding is provided from the Community Development Block Grant Fund.
Title
To amend Ordinance 2697-2003, passed December 17, 2003, by allowing for the reimbursement of program costs at the J. Ashburn Jr. Youth Center and by reducing the expenditure to $20,000.
Body
WHEREAS, on December 17, 2003, Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 2697-2003 authorizing the Development Director to enter into a contract with the J. Ashburn, Jr. Youth Center for the payment of eligible costs associated with the construction of their new facility; and
WHEREAS, since then, it has been determined that program costs will be reimbursed instead of costs associated with the construction of the new facility; and
WHEREAS, the authorized expenditure will be also reduced from $41,000 to $20,000; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That Ordinance 2697-2003, passed December 17, 2003, be amended by repealing existing Section 1 and replacing it with a new Section 1 to read as follows:
That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into contract with the J. Ashburn, Jr. Youth Center, for the purpose of supporting programs at the center.
Section 2. That Ordinance 2697-2003, passed December 17, 2003, be amended by repealing existing Section 3 and replacing it with a new Section 3 to read as follows:
That for the purposes as stated in Section 1, the appropriation and expenditure of $20,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Department of Development, Division No. 44-05, Fund 248, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3335, OCA Code 440258.
Section 3. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.