Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Franklinton Board of Trade, a non-profit corporation, in support of the Franklinton Clean Alleys Initiative.
This program is designed to address illegal dumping in Franklinton alleys. Franklinton Board of Trade will partner Franklinton small business, CD Morelock Services, who provides the necessary equipment to collect and haul away illegal dumping that occurs regularly. In addition to the removal of debris, Franklinton Board of Trade also intends to use a brush hog to then clear the overgrowth that is so common, which gives people the cover needed to discreetly dump. Clearing the overgrowth is a huge deterrent once an area is cleaned and mowed down properly.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delay in mitigating illegal dumping in our neighborhoods for the beauty, health, and safety of our residents.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Franklinton Board of Trade in support of the Franklinton Clean Alleys Initiative; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($80,000.00)
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WHEREAS, illegal dumping remains a prevalent issue in our neighborhoods and alleys; and
WHEREAS, since the partnership with Franklinton Board of Trade and CD Morelock began in May 2021, they have collected and removed: 34,700 lbs. of trash, 136 tires, 51 hypodermic needles, 192 abandon cable drops, 48,840 lbs. of yard debris.; 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 enter into a grant agreement with the Franklinton Board of Trade in support of the Franklinton Clean Alleys Initiative in order to avoid any delay in mitigating illegal dumping in our neighborhoods for the beauty, health, and safety of our residents; 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 the Franklinton Board of Trade in support of the Franklinton Clean Alleys Initiative.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $80,000.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, in Services-03, to the City Clerk per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $80,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, is hereby authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, in Services-03per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
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 the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
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.