Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Franklinton Board of Trade in support of Songs on Sullivant.
The 5th annual Songs on Sullivant: An Evening of Caroling & Community will be held on December 14th, 2024 at the Lower Lights Ministries Early Childhood Enrichment Center, (2323 Sullivant Avenue), which opened in early 2024. This is a completely free, family-friendly evening of fun.
Songs on Sullivant began in 2019 in response to a rash of negative publicity about Sullivant Avenue and its many challenges. This event aims to bring smiles and cheer to parts of the community that need it.
The event, which is completely free, is all about spreading peace, love, and joy along Sullivant Avenue through Franklinton and the Hilltop.
Emergency action is necessary because the scheduled event is quickly approaching on December 14, 2024.
Fiscal Impact: $30,000 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 Franklinton Board of Trade in support of Songs on Sullivant; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Songs on Sullivant began in 2019 in response to a rash of negative publicity about Sullivant Avenue and its many challenges; and
WHEREAS, the event, which is completely free, is all about spreading peace, love, and joy along Sullivant Avenue through Franklinton and the Hilltop; and
WHEREAS, the 5th annual Songs on Sullivant: An Evening of Caroling & Community will be held on December 14th, 2024 at the Lower Lights Ministries Early Childhood Enrichment Center, (2323 Sullivant Avenue), which opened in early 2024; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Clerk to provide reimbursement by entering into a grant agreement with Franklinton Board of Trade to serve as a fiscal agent in support of Songs on Sullivant in advance of the December 14, 2024 event, for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, 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 Franklinton Board of Trade in support of Songs on Sullivant.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation and expenditure of $30,000.00, 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.