Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance appropriates $2,500.00 from the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund to the Department of Development and authorizes the expenditure of these funds by directing the Director of the Department of Development to provide $2,500.00 in grant assistance to Community Kitchen, Inc., for the repair of the freezer/walk-in cooler.
This legislation represents an agency to be funded following the Emergency Human Service Application process. The legislation targets a social service agency, with Capital expense needs, that will provide help to families and households with material assistance and improved access to programs and services by assisting with the capital needs of an individual agency. In addition, the city supports programs and activities so that the greater population is assured access to other community assistance. This funding will allow the process to continue much needed services.
This ordinance is presented as an emergency to allow repairs to be made immediately thereby avoiding interruptions in program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: A total of $2,500.00 has been allocated for this grant from the Emergency Human Service Capital Fund.
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To authorize the appropriation of $2,500.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund to the Department of Development; to approve the grant application of Community Kitchen, Inc. in seeking assistance for capital costs associated with the maintenance of its facility pursuant to Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to provide grant assistance to Community Kitchen, Inc. for emergency capital costs associated with the repair and upgrade of their equipment; to authorize the expenditure of $2,500.00 from the Emergency Human Service Capital Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($2,500.00)
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WHEREAS, Community Kitchen, Inc. has submitted a grant application seeking financial assistance for capital costs associated with the maintenance of its facility; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 371.02(c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, City Council is authorized to allocate funds annually to assist social service agencies in the city with the capital costs of maintaining their facilities; and
WHEREAS, City Council has reviewed the grant application of Community Kitchen, Inc. and hereby declares that Community Kitchen, Inc. has articulated a need for emergency human service capital funds that is sufficient to justify approval of said grant; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to appropriate $2,500.00 from the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund to enter into a grant with Community Kitchen, Inc. for equipment repair efforts; and
WHEREAS, the program operated by this agency includes persons in need of food assistance; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds and to enter into a grant with Community Kitchen, Inc. to allow repairs to be made immediately thereby avoiding interruptions in program services, all 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 the grant application of Community Kitchen, Inc., seeking financial assistance to address an emergency human service need pursuant to Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, is hereby approved.
Section 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund, and from any and all sources unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2010, the sum of $2,500.00 be and is hereby appropriated to the Department of Development, Department No. 44-01, Fund 232, Project 200001-100000, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 499044.
Section 3. That the Director of the Department of Development be and is hereby authorized to enter into a grant with Community Kitchen, Inc., for freezer/walk-in cooler equipment repair efforts for a one-year period.
Section 4. That the expenditure authorized herein is in accordance with Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959.
Section 5. That for the purpose as stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $2,500.00 or as much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Emergency Human Services Capital Fund, Department of Development, Department No. 44-01, Fund 232, Project 200001-100000, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 499044.
Section 6. 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.