Explanation
Background:
This legislation authorizes the Department of Recreation and Parks to appropriate grant funds received from the Ohio Department of Aging and the Franklin County Office on Aging up to the amount of $1,000,000.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for the provision of home and community-based services for older adult residents in Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union counties.
This ordinance will ensure that appropriations are available to meet payroll, retirement contributions, and insurance coverage obligations for Recreation and Parks Department staff through December 31, 2025.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested so that the funds can be immediately available to meet payroll, retirement contributions, and insurance coverage obligations for staff.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This ordinance authorizes an appropriation of $1,000,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to appropriate $1,000,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for the provision of home and community-based services for older adult residents; and to declare an emergency. ($1,000,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Recreation and Parks Department has a need to appropriate funds received from the Ohio Department of Aging and Franklin County Office on Aging to continue the provision of home and community-based services to older adult residents through December 31, 2025; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds, so there is no interruption of services to older adults and funds can be immediately available to meet payroll, retirement contributions, and insurance coverage obligation for staff, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department is hereby authorized to appropriate grant funds of $1,000,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to continue the provision of home and community-based services to older adult residents through December 31, 2025.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2025, the sum of $1,000,000.00, up to and upon receipt of executed agreement, is appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department, Department No. 51, Fund No. 2286, per accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2. shall be paid upon the order of the Director of Recreation and Parks; and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
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 legislation.
SECTION 5. That from the unappropriated monies and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2025, any additional awarded funds are appropriated in Fund 2286 according to notification of award or grant agreement by the grantor.
SECTION 6. 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.