City of Columbus - File #: 1493-2006

• File #: 1493-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 8/22/2006
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 9/18/2006
• Final action: 9/20/2006
• Title: To authorize the appropriation of $6,250.00 for the Columbus Division of Fire from the unappropriated balance of the Special Revenue Private Grants Fund for the purchase of fire prevention safety materials with funds from Wal-Mart, Inc. grants, and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/20/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
9/20/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
9/18/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
9/18/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/7/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/7/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
9/7/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/6/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/6/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/6/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/5/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/5/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/5/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
8/29/2006	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
8/29/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/25/2006	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/25/2006	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/22/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

1. BACKGROUND:

A. Need: The Division of Fire received various grant checks from Wal-Mart, Inc. for the Safe Neighborhood Heroes and Bonus Grant programs. Funds have been deposited into a private grants account that was originally authorized by Ordinance # 2343-2003. It is now necessary to appropriate the unappropriated cash balance in OCA Code # 343010. The funding is used to purchase various fire prevention safety materials.

B. . Bid Information: N/A

C. Contract Compliance: N/A

D. Emergency Designation: It is necessary to appropriate said funds so they may be spent in a timely manner.

2. FISCAL IMPACT: These were 100% grants and there were no matching funds required from the General Fund.

Title

To authorize the appropriation of $6,250.00  for the Columbus Division of Fire from the unappropriated balance of the Special Revenue Private Grants Fund for the purchase of  fire prevention safety materials with funds from Wal-Mart, Inc. grants, and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate funds for various Wal-Mart grants that have been deposited into a Special Revenue Private Grants Fund; and

WHEREAS, these grant funds are for the purchase of various fire prevention safety materials; and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Fire, Department of Public Safety, in that is is necessary to authorize the appropriation of funds for various grants from Wal-Mart, Inc. 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 from the unappropriated monies in the Special Revenue Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 291, and from any and all sources estimated to come into said fund and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, the sum of $6,250.00 is appropriated to the Division of Fire as follows:

Division: 30-04, Fund: 291, Object Level 1: 03, OCA Code: 343010, Amount: $6,250.00.

Section 2. That the monies in Section 1shall be paid upon order of the Director of Public Safety: 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 3. 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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.