Explanation
Columbus City Council has a need to purchase food and/or beverage items for the 2022 Celebration of Diwali dinner on October 26, 2022. This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of up to $1,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund for the purchase of food and/or beverage items, which serve the public purpose of protecting health and improving lives by encouraging attendance at public events. A light dinner will be provided with a spending cap of $20 per participant. Any purchase of alcohol is strictly prohibited.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for these items is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency Action: Emergency designation is requested in order to immediately facilitate any necessary purchase of these items in the usual daily operation of the city.
Title
To authorize an appropriation and expenditure of up to $1,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund for the purchase of food and/or beverage items, and to declare an emergency ($1,000.00).
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council has a need to purchase food and/or beverage items for the 2022 Celebration of Diwali dinner on October 26, 2022; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus City Council in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the expenditure of funds for the purchase of food and/or beverage items for the specified public purposes in order to immediately facilitate any necessary purchase of these items so that they are available before the dinner; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $1,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Columbus City Council in 02-Materials and Supplies per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $1,000.00 is hereby authorized from the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance, for the purchase of food and/or beverage items.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that these expenditures are properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City’s financial records.
SECTION 4. 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 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.