Explanation
Background: This ordinance will enable the Recreation and Parks Commission to reimburse up to two out-of-town candidates for travel expenses to Columbus, Ohio, to interview for the position of Director of the Recreation and Parks Department. Reimbursement shall not exceed $1,000 for any candidate and will be made pursuant to the Columbus City Auditor's travel guidelines.
The Recreation and Parks Commission is in the process of conducting preliminary review of candidate resumes and responses to questionnaires and believes that it may be necessary to provide travel reimbursement in order to interview up to two out-of-state candidates whose qualifications appear to be extraordinary. In-town candidates interviewed will not require such reimbursement.
Up to $2,000.00 is required from the Recreation and Parks Operation and Extension Fund to meet this potential obligation. Emergency action is requested to expedite any reimbursement made pursuant to this effort.
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To authorize and direct the Recreation and Parks Commission to reimburse up to two out-of-town candidates for travel expenses to Columbus, Ohio, relating to the selection of a Director of the Recreation and Parks Department, to authorize the expenditure of $2,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Operation and Extension Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($2,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Recreation and Parks Commission is in the preliminary stages of reviewing candidates for the position of Director of the Recreation and Parks Department; and
WHEREAS, the Commission believes that it may be necessary to provide travel reimbursement in order to interview up to two out-of-state candidates whose qualifications appear to be extraordinary; and
WHEREAS, said reimbursement shall not exceed $1,000 for any candidate and will be made pursuant to the City Auditor's travel guidelines; and
WHEREAS, emergency action is desired to expedite and such reimbursement; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the City in that it is immediately necessary to grant authority to the Recreation and Parks Commission to pay travel reimbursement expenses to out-of-town candidates for the position of Director of the Recreation and Parks Department, for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety: Now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINDED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Recreation and Parks Commission be and it is hereby authorized and directed to reimburse up to $1,000.00 per candidate and pursuant to the City Auditor's travel guidelines, travel expenses incurred by out-of-town candidates for the position of Director of the Recreation and Parks Department.
Section 2. That the expenditure of $2,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from the Recreation and Parks Operation and Extension Fund, 285, Department 51-01, OL1 03, OL3 3346, OCA 510107 to pay the cost thereof.
Section 3. 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.