City of Columbus - File #: 0967-2011

• File #: 0967-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/13/2011
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 6/27/2011
• Final action: 6/28/2011
• Title: To authorize the City of Columbus Director of Public Service to apply on behalf of Keep Columbus Beautiful (affiliate member) to Keep America Beautiful for the Anheuser Busch Grant Program to request beverage container recycling bins and accept if awarded; and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/28/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/28/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/27/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/27/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/17/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/17/2011	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/17/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/17/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/17/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/17/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/16/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/16/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/16/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/16/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/15/2011	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/15/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/14/2011	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

1.  BACKGROUND

The Department of Public Service, Division of Refuse Collection, Keep Columbus Beautiful (KCB) program is eligible to apply for a grant sponsored by The Anheuser Busch Company in conjunction with KCB's affiliation with KEEP AMERICA BEAUTIFUL. The grant, called "The Anheuser Busch /KAB Recycling Lend-A-Bin Grant Program" will expand recycling efforts already existing in the Keep Columbus Beautiful program.

The Anheuser Busch /KAB Recycling Lend-A-Bin Grant Program supports local community recycling programs by providing selected grant recipients with containers for the collection of beverage container recyclables in public settings. Grant recipients will receive actual recycling bins instead of funding.  

Keep Columbus Beautiful is requesting an award of beverage container recycling bins to be used in various settings - special events, general utility and prestige locations which will be delivered by the grantor's suppliers.

2.  FISCAL IMPACT

No city match is required for this grant.  Recycling bins will be donated by the grantor.

3.  EMERGENCY DESIGNATION

Emergency action is requested in order to meet the schedule to apply for this grant.

Title

To authorize the City of Columbus Director of Public Service to apply on behalf of Keep Columbus Beautiful (affiliate member) to Keep America Beautiful for the Anheuser Busch Grant Program to request beverage container recycling bins and accept if awarded; and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, the Keep Columbus Beautiful (KCB) program is eligible to apply for a grant sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated (KAB), and Anheuser Busch called "The Anheuser Busch/KAB Recycling Lend- A-Bin Grant Program"; and

WHEREAS, The Anheuser Busch/KAB Recycling Lend- A-Bin Grant Program supports local community recycling programs; and

WHEREAS, this grant is designed to facilitate the recycling of beverage containers at special events, for general utility and prestige location use; and   

WHEREAS, the bins will provide another way for everyone to participate in Mayor Michael B. Coleman's "Get Green Columbus" and do their part to make Columbus the greenest city in the nation: and

WHEREAS, Keep Columbus Beautiful must submit an online application by June 30, 2011; and

WHEREAS, it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of Public Service to apply for the grant and accept it if awarded as soon as possible to allow the planning for an effective public-private litter abatement project and miscellaneous sustainable efforts in 2011; thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and  

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service in that it is immediately necessary to  pass this ordinance as an emergency measure because of the need to allow for processing of the application prior to the deadline; 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 Public Service be and hereby is authorized to apply for the 2011 Anheuser Busch/KAB Recycling Lend-A-Bin Grant Program to facilitate the recycling of beverage containers at special events, for general utility and prestige location use in 2011 and collaborative efforts with community partners and the City of Columbus, state and local county jurisdictions and to accept said grant if awarded.

Section 2.  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.