Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to expend previously encumbered, but unspent funds, for lead hazard control projects in the Lead Safe Columbus program.
Lead Safe Columbus provides grants to qualified property owners in order to remove lead based hazards in owner and tenant occupied units. Funds are provided through the 2007 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration Grant received from the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Control of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Funds for projects are encumbered to include contingency. The $175,000 represents unspent contingency funds and/or cancelled projects. These funds will increase the production of lead safe housing units and enable the program to meet the targets of the lead grant and comply with the Title X Federal regulations.
This legislation is submitted as an emergency to allow the program's activities to continue uninterrupted.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation requests the expenditure of $175,000.00 from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to expend funds for lead hazard control projects in the Lead Safe Columbus program; to authorize the expenditure of $175,000.00 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($175,000)
Body
Whereas, the Director of the Department of Development desires to expend previously encumbered, but unspent funds, for lead hazard control projects in the Lead Safe Columbus program; and
Whereas, the Lead Safe Columbus program provides grants to qualified property owners in order to remove lead based paint hazards in owner and tenant occupied housing units; and
Whereas, the funds from the Lead Hazard Control Demonstration Grant must be expended in a timely manner; and
Whereas, these funds will increase the production of lead safe housing units and enable the program to meet the targets of the lead grant and comply with the Title X Federal regulations; and
Whereas, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development, Housing Division, in that it is immediately necessary to expend previously encumbered, but unspent funds, for lead hazard control projects in the Lead Safe Columbus program in order to allow the program's activities to continue uninterrupted, all for the preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to expend funds for lead hazard control projects in the Lead Safe Columbus program.
Section 2. That for the purpose as stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $175,000 or so much thereof as may be necessary from the Department of Development, Housing Division, Department No. 44-10, Fund 220, Grant Number 447027, Object Level One 05, Object Level Three 5517, OCA Code 447027.
Section 3. 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.