Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the City Auditor to transfer funds in the amount of $131,627.23 from the Columbus Public Health Department, fund 2250, to the Department of Neighborhoods, fund 1000, for personnel expenses related to the Commission on Black Girls. This Commission transitioned from Columbus Public Health to the Department of Neighborhoods in June 2022, to better align with the City’s programming. The transfer of these funds will accommodate the transition of Commission staff from Columbus Public Health to the Department of Neighborhoods.
This legislation is being submitted as an emergency to allow for proper accounting of this division and to allow for as little interruption in services as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: Authorizing the transfer and appropriation in funds in object class 01 from fund 2250 to fund 1000.
Title
To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $131,627.23 within Columbus Public Health, from object class 01 to object class 10, to then transfer $131,627.23 from Columbus Public Health, to Department of Neighborhoods, and to appropriate $131,627.23 to object class 01 within the Department of Neighborhoods for personnel expenses related to the Commission on Black Girls; and to declare an emergency. ($131,627.23)
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WHEREAS, there is a need to transfer and appropriate funds in object class 01 from Columbus Public Health to the Department of Neighborhoods for the continuation of operations for the Commission on Black Girls; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Board of Health in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $131,627.23 in funds from Columbus Public Health, fund 2250, to the Department of Neighborhoods, fund 1000, for personnel expenses related to the Commission on Black Girls, and for the immediate 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 City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $131,627.23 within Columbus Public Health, fund 2250, from object class 01 to object class 10, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $131,627.23 from Columbus Public Health, fund 2250, to Department of Neighborhoods, fund 1000, and to appropriate those funds into object class 01 according to the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. 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.