Explanation
This is the first of two ordinances related to CRPD expansions funded through the Neighborhood Initiatives fund. This second ordinance is #0735-2013. The combined total of the two is $481,400.00. This ordinance will authorize the appropriation of $181,400 and the transfer of $138,285.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund for operating expenses related to the Fitness Coordinator's Office and Special Events Coordination. Of the $181,400 appropriated, $43,115 will remain in the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund in order to fund a Special Events Coordinator position for the Department of Public Safety.
Special Events Coordinator, Special Events Section: (Recreation Supervisor)
A position is being created to help coordinate all city divisions associated with the process of approving the more than 50 races and walks that occur within the City of Columbus during the year, and to better inform the public of when and where events will take place and to make it easier for event coordinators to negotiate the permit process.
Fitness Coordinator's Office, Community Recreation Section: (Recreation Administrative Manager)
A position is being created to develop and coordinate the city's fitness programs at the six senior/multigenerational centers. It will help place the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department on the edge of innovation and responsiveness to the growing and changing older population, specifically in the health and wellness area. This position will help our members to be able to live a longer, healthier life through participation in the programs offered and created through the coordinator's position.
FISCAL IMPACT
That funding for this ordinance is made available from the city's Neighborhood Initiatives Fund 018 for transfer to the Columbus Recreation and Parks Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the appropriation of $181,400.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund; to direct the transfer and appropriation of $138,285.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund for expenditures related to a Special Events Coordinator and a Fitness Coordinator for seniors; and to declare an emergency. ($138,285.00)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Recreation and Parks Department will have a greater and more efficient impact on the community in the areas of special events and senior fitness programming as a result of this support from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund; and
WHEREAS, it has been a priority of Columbus City Council to identify opportunities to support various Neighborhood Initiatives that enhance our communities; and
WHEREAS, this legislation will authorize the Recreation and Parks Department to hire staff, buy equipment, and pay other costs related to the aforementioned expansions, and
WHEREAS, funds are being appropriated and transferred from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund for salaries and other costs needed to facilitate the expansion of these programs; and
WHEREAS, funds have been budgeted within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund to provide for the cost of a Special Events Coordinator position located in the Department of Public Safety; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate and transfer said funds to have funding available for necessary expenditures; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $43,115.00 to the Department of Public Safety, Fund 18, OCA 303400 as follows:
OL3 Amount
1101 $25,627.00
1150 $10,640.00
1171 $372.00
1173 $1,025.00
1121 $1,863.00
1160 $3,588.00
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate and transfer $138,285.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund as follows:
FROM:
Fund Type Fund Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Neighborhood Initiatives 018 5501 512851 $138,285.00
TO:
Fund Type Dept # Fund Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Operating 51-01 285 0886 901306 $138,285.00
SECTION 3. That $138,285.00 is hereby appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund 285 as follows:
Fund Type Dept # Fund OCA Code Object Level 3 Amount
Special Events Coordinator, Events Staff
Operating 51-01 285 510677 1101 29,200.00
Operating 51-01 285 510677 1121 1,730.00
Operating 51-01 285 510677 1150 12,960.00
Operating 51-01 285 510677 1160 4,088.00
Operating 51-01 285 510677 1171 423.00
Operating 51-01 285 510677 1173 1256.00
Operating 51-01 285 510677 3336 8,628.00
$58,285.00
Fitness Coordinator's Office
Operating 51-01 285 510297 1101 46,000.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 1121 2,725.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 1150 12,960.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 1160 6,440.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 1171 667.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 1173 1978.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 2201 4,230.00
Operating 51-01 285 510297 2269 5,000.00
$80,000.00
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 ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.