Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance No. 1345-2004, passed July 19, 2004, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with The Ohio State University Research Foundation to support the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Program in the amount of $80,000. It has since been determined that an additional $20,643 is needed for the contract period. This ordinance will amend Ordinance No. 1345-2004 by increasing the amount authorized for the contract by $20,643 to $100,643.
Emergency action is requested so that program services can continue uninterrupted.
FISCAL IMPACT: The additional funding needed for this program will be authorized from the Empowerment Zone grant.
Title
To amend Ordinance No. 1345-2004, passed July 19, 2004, by increasing the Ohio State University Research Foundation Neighborhood Technical Assistance Program contract amount by $20,643; to authorize the expenditure of the $20,643 from the General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,643)
Body
WHEREAS, on July 19, 2004, Columbus City Council passed Ordinance No. 1345-2004, authorizing the Development Director to enter into a contract with The Ohio State University Research Foundation to support the Neighborhood Technical Assistance Program; and
WHEREAS, since then, it has been determined that additional funds will be available from the Empowerment Zone grant for this program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the amendment to Ordinance No. 1345-2004 so that program services can continue uninterrupted, for the immediate 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 a new Section 4 shall be added to Ordinance No. 1345-2004 to read as follows:
That for the purpose as stated in Section 2, the expenditure of $20,643 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized to be expended from the Development Department, General Government Grant Fund, Fund 220, Grant No. 449006, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336 and OCA Code 445290.
The remaining sections of Ordinance No. 1345-2004 are renumbered accordingly.
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 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.