Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the Center for New Directions. The period of the contract is February 1, 2004 to January 31, 2005 and will provide additional funding for the 2004 program year.
This ordinance represents programs funded following the Department of Development's competitive procurement process. The Center for New Directions provides workforce development activities for single, female heads-of-households receiving public assistance by providing career counseling and educational planning, instruction in job search techniques, skill development and goal setting. This ordinance will provide to these programs an additional $14,867.00 for the 2004 program year.
This ordinance is presented as an emergency to allow program services to continue without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this contract is allocated from the Emergency Human Service Fund ($2,365.00) and the General Fund ($12,502.00).
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the Center for New Directions; to authorize the expenditure of $2,365.00 from the Emergency Human Services Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $12,502.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($14,867.00)
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WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a contract with the Center for New Directions for the provision of workforce development activities for single, female heads-of-households receiving public assistance by providing career counseling and educational planning, instruction in job search techniques, skill development and goal setting; and
WHEREAS, the contract will begin February 1, 2004 until January 31, 2005 and provide additional funding for the 2004 program year; and
WHEREAS, the Center for New Directions provides workforce development activities for single, female heads-of-households receiving public assistance by providing career counseling and educational planning, instruction in job search techniques, skill development and goal setting; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to enter into an agreement with the Center for New Directions to allow program services to continue without interruption, 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 Director of the Department of Development be and is hereby authorized to
enter onto a contract with the Center for New Directions for the period beginning
February 1, 2004 and ending January 31, 2005, for the provision of workforce
development activities.
Section 2. That for the purpose as stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $14,867.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Department of Development, Department No. 44-05 as follows:
OJL OJL OCA
Fund One Two Code Amount
010 03 3337 440280 $12,502.00
232 03 3337 445205 $ 2,365.00
Total: $14,867.00
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 its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.