Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Kappa Foundation in support of the 14th Annual Turkey Giveaway.
The fundamental purpose of the Columbus Kappa Foundation is achievement, with a mission of service to the community. For the past 13 years, the Columbus Kappa Foundation has distributed thousands of turkeys and full meals, especially targeting residents in the 43293 and 43205 zip codes, areas with reduced access to healthy, affordable food. In the past 4 years, the Columbus Kappa Foundation has given out 3,150 turkeys and meals feeding an estimated 20,000 Columbus residents. In 2023, the goal will be to distribute 1,000 turkeys and meals to the community.
Columbus City Council deems this expenditure and the distribution of food and meals to be a public purpose in that it helps to feed residents in underserved neighborhoods and who disproportionately experience food insecurity.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to provide the organization with the resources necessary to acquire and distribute during the holiday season.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Kappa Foundation in support of the 14th Annual Turkey Giveaway; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($7,500.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the fundamental purpose of the Columbus Kappa Foundation is achievement, with a mission of service to the community; and
WHEREAS, for the past 13 years, the Columbus Kappa Foundation has distributed thousands of turkeys and full meals, especially targeting residents in areas with reduced access to healthy, affordable food; and
WHEREAS, in 2023, the goal will be to distribute 1,000 turkeys and meals to the community; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Kappa Foundation in order to avoid any delay in providing the resources necessary to execute an effective Turkey Giveaway and to distribute during the holiday season, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Kappa Foundation in support of the 14th Annual Turkey Giveaway.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $7,500.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $7,500.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance is hereby authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. 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 5. That Columbus City Council deems this expenditure and the distribution of food and meals to be a public purpose in that it helps to feed residents in underserved neighborhoods and who disproportionately experience food insecurity.
SECTION 6. 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 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 passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.