Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Education in the amount of $1,204,967.00 and to appropriate these monies to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. These funds will provide for the operation of the 2003 Summer Food Service Program. This program will operate from 6/09/03 through 8/29/03 serving approximately 150,000 breakfasts and 400,000 lunches at 131sites.The Summer Food Service program is administered by the U. S. Department of Agriculture through the Ohio Department of Education. It provides nutritionally balanced breakfasts and lunches to needy children during the summer months when public schools are closed.Emergency action is requested so the grant can be accepted in a timely manner. Grant confirmation was received from the Ohio Department of Education on 6/7/03. Additionally, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up-to-date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management. Emergency legislation is also required to have funding available for necessary expenditures.
Fiscal Impact:
$1,204,967.00 in grant funding will be used exclusively for the operation of the 2003 Summer Food Service Program.The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $1,204,967.00.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $1,204,967.00 from the Ohio Department of Education for the operation of the 2003 Summer Food Service Program, to appropriate these funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. , and to declare an emergency. ($1,204,96700)
Body
WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Education has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant in the amount of $1,204,967.00 for the operation of the 2003 Summer Food Service Program; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate said funds to the Recreation and Parks Department for expenditures in conjunction with the 2003 Summer Food Service Program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter accept said grant funds and appropriate said funds for the preservation of public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant in the amount of $1,204,967.00 from the Ohio Department of Education for the operation of the 2003 Summer Food Service Program.
Section 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 286, 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, 2003, the sum of $1,204,967.00 is appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department, Department No. 51-01, as follows:
Project Title Grant No. OCA Code Level 3 Amount
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 1101 $ 14,280.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 1112 44,792.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 1120 2,688.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 1121 1,214.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 1150 2,396.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 3360 8,004.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 3371 856.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 3373 3,662.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 2201 1,000.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 3329 9,000.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 3337 1,115,000.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 3385 575.00
2003 Summer Food Service Program 513016 513016 3390 1,500.00
TOTAL $1,204,967.00
Section 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon 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 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. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.