Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $10,000 from the Emergency Human Services Fund to the Department of Development, Office of the Director, for the purpose of entering into a grant agreement with the HandsOn Central Ohio to provide support for on-going administrative and operating costs. The grant period is July 1, 2011 to January 31, 2012.
Emergency action is necessary to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for this grant are allocated from the Emergency Human Services Fund.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $10,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Fund to the Department of Development; to approve the grant application of HandsOn Central Ohio seeking emergency assistance for costs associated with the delivery of their program pursuant to Columbus City Codes, 1959; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to execute a grant agreement with HandsOn Central Ohio to provide support for on-going administrative and operating costs; to authorize the expenditure of $10,000 from the Emergency Human Services Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Chair of Columbus City Council's Heath, Housing and Human Services Committee to appropriate funds from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Fund and to grant these funds to HandsOn Central Ohio, to provide support for on-going administrative and operating costs; 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 emergency costs of delivering programs; and
WHEREAS, City Council has reviewed the grant application of HandsOn Central Ohio and hereby declares that they have articulated a need for Emergency Human Services Funds that is sufficient to justify approval of said grant; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a grant agreement with HandsOn Central Ohio to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of 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 from the unappropriated monies in the Emergency Human Services Fund, and from any and all sources unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, the sum of $10,000.00 be and is hereby appropriated to the Department of Development, Department No. 44-01, Fund 232, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 499043.
Section 2. That the grant application of HandsOn Central Ohio, seeking financial assistance to address emergency human service needs pursuant to Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, is hereby approved.
Section 3. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized and directed to provide emergency grant assistance totaling $10,000 to HandsOn Central Ohio, to provide support for on-going administrative and operating costs.
Section 4. That for the purpose as stated in Section 3, the expenditure of $10,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Emergency Human Services Fund, Department of Development, Department No. 44-01, Fund 232, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 499043.
Section 5. That the expenditures authorized herein are in accordance with Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959.
Section 6. Payments are expressly contingent upon the availability of sufficient monies in the Emergency Human Services Fund to cover the obligation set forth in this contract and in no case shall payments exceed available cash in this fund. In this event that there is not sufficient cash in the fund to cover the obligation set forth in this contract, the City Auditor shall have the authority to make all necessary adjustments at his discretion.
Section 7. 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 approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.