Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with The Parkinson Foundation, a non-profit entity, in support of the organization’s Moving Day Columbus 2024 event.
The Parkinson’s Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson’s disease (PD) by improving care and advancing research toward a cure.
Moving Day is an inspiring and empowering annual fundraising walk event that unites people around the country living with Parkinson’s disease, their care partners, and loved ones to help beat PD. Moving Day is a celebration of movement - proven to help manage Parkinson’s symptoms.
Leading up to the event, participants and teams fundraise to help the Parkinson’s Foundation provide everything people with Parkinson’s need to live better - from lifesaving resources to delivering quality care to more than 196,700 people living with Parkinson’s to improving Parkinson’s treatments through research.
Emergency action is necessary to provide reimbursement for operating expenses for the event on April 28, 2024.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with The Parkinson Foundation in support of their Moving Day Columbus 2024 event; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($5,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, The Parkinson’s Foundation makes life better for people with Parkinson’s disease by improving care and advancing research toward a cure; and
WHEREAS, Moving Day is an inspiring and empowering annual fundraising walk event that unites people around the country living with Parkinson’s disease, their care partners and loved ones to help beat PD; and
WHEREAS, Leading up to the event, participants and teams fundraise to help the Parkinson’s Foundation provide everything people with Parkinson’s need to live better; 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 The Parkinson Foundation to provide support for the Moving Day Columbus 2024 in time for the event on April 28, 2024, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Clerk is authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the not-for-profit The Parkinson Foundation in support of their Moving Day Columbus 2024 event.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation and expenditure of $5,000.00, 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.