Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes an amendment to Ordinance No. 1710-2023, passed by Columbus City Council on July 10, 2023, to allow for a correction of the name of two (2) of the organizations in Exhibit A.
Ordinance No. 1710-2023, passed by Columbus City Council on July 10, 2023, authorized the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks to enter into 32 service contracts for the provision of home-delivered meals, adult day care, transportation, home repair, and legal services for the period July 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
Exhibit A included an organization with the name “Avalon Adult Day Service Corp. dba: Complete Adult Day Service Corp”. It was recently discovered that this is the trade name of the organization, not the legal name. The legal name, as registered with the Ohio Secretary of State, is “Complete Adult Day Service”.
Exhibit A also included an organization with the name “Lancaster-Fairfield Community Action Program Commission” It was recently discovered that this is the trade name of the organization, not the legal name. The legal name, as registered with the Ohio Secretary of State, is “Community Action Program Commission of the Lancaster Fairfield County Area Inc”.
All other information in Exhibit A remains the same. Emergency action is requested in order to reimburse for approved expenses incurred since July 1, 2023, to prevent theses organizations from experiencing financial hardship.
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To amend Ordinance No. 1710-2023, passed by Columbus City Council on July 10, 2023, to allow for a correction of the name of two (2) of the organizations in Exhibit A, from “Avalon Adult Day Service Corp. dba: Complete Adult Day Service Corp” to “Complete Adult Day Service”, “Lancaster-Fairfield Community Action Program Commission” to “Community Action Program Commission of the Lancaster Fairfield County Area Inc”; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 1710-2023, passed by Columbus City Council on July 10, 2023, authorized the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks to enter into 32 service contracts for the provision of home-delivered meals, adult day care, transportation, home repair, and legal services for the period July 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
WHEREAS, Exhibit A of Ordinance No. 1710-2023 included an organization with the name “Avalon Adult Day Service Corp. dba: Complete Adult Day Service Corp”; and
WHEREAS, it was recently discovered that this is the trade name of the organization, not the legal name. The legal name, as registered with the Ohio Secretary of State, is “Complete Adult Day Service”; and
WHEREAS, Exhibit A of Ordinance No. 1710-2023 included an organization with the name “Lancaster-Fairfield Community Action Program Commission” ;and
WHEREAS, it was recently discovered that this is the trade name of the organization, not the legal name. The legal name, as registered with the Ohio Secretary of State, is "Community Action Program Commission of the Lancaster Fairfield County Area Inc”; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Recreation and Parks requests that Ordinance No. 1710-2023 be amended in order to correct the organization names: and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Recreation and Parks in that it is immediately necessary to amend Ordinance 1710-2023, passed by Columbus City Council on July 10, 2023, in order to reimburse for approved expenses incurred since July 1, 2023, to prevent the organizations from experiencing financial hardship; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Exhibit A of Ordinance No. 1710-2023, passed by Columbus City Council on July 10, 2023, be amended to read as follows, with deletion stricken and new language in bold: Avalon Adult Day Service Corp. dba: Complete Adult Day Service Corp, and Lancaster-Fairfield Community Action Program Commission to Complete Adult Day Service, and Community Action Program Commission of the Lancaster Fairfield County Area Inc.
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 which 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 it.