Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Reeb Avenue Center, a non-profit corporation, in support of the organization’s Love Kindness program.
The Reeb Avenue Center strives to connect neighbors with services they need to transform their lives by providing access to wraparound, long-term case management services for neighbors that focuses on intentional and holistic connections to tools, resources, and services necessary for economic and social stabilization.
The Love Kindness program at the Reeb Center provides essential materials like food, clothing, and hygiene products to stabilize vulnerable populations, particularly those experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity in the South Side zip codes of 43207 and 43206. In addition to addressing immediate needs, the program connects neighbors to case management and broader services that promote long-term stability, aligning with the Reeb Center’s mission to transform lives.
Emergency action is necessary to provide immediate assistance to individuals who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity.
Fiscal Impact: $40,000 will be appropriated and expended from available funds within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Reeb Avenue Center in support of the organization’s Love Kindness program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($40,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Reeb Avenue Center strives to connect neighbors with services they need to transform their lives and;
WHEREAS, the Love Kindness program at the Reeb Avenue Center provides essential materials like food, clothing, and hygiene products to stabilize vulnerable populations, particularly those experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity in the South Side zip codes of 43207 and 43206; and
WHEREAS, the program connects neighbors to case management and broader services that promote long-term stability, aligning with the Reeb Avenue Center’s mission to transform lives; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Gladden Community House to provide immediate assistance to individuals who are experiencing homelessness or housing insecurity thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, and safety; 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 Reeb Avenue Center in support of the organization’s Love Kindness program and that Columbus City Council acknowledges and defines operating costs inherent to the mission of the Reeb Avenue Center the provision of food and non--alcoholic beverages. Any expenditure authorized by this Ordinance may be spent toward the payment of food and non-alcoholic beverages. Expenses incurred prior to the creation of a purchase order may be reimbursed. However, in no case may food and non-alcoholic beverage expenses incurred prior to the effective date of this ordinance be reimbursed. City Council declares that the expenditure on food and non-alcoholic beverage expenses authorized by this ordinance to be for a proper public purpose.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation and expenditure of $40,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1, is authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. 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 5. That for the reason 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.