Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Faith Thomas Foundation.
The mission of the Faith Thomas Foundation is to raise sickle cell awareness, with a vision to improve the lives of those living with sickle cell disease. The Foundation accomplishes this by informing and educating individuals on sickle cell disease, raising funds to provide financial support to parents and caregivers, and advocating for the improvement of quality care for all sickle cell patients.
Support from Columbus City Council will provide funding for services and supplies associated with the National Sickle Cell Month 2023 Red Diamond Gala. Support from Columbus City Council will not fund any food or beverage expenses for the event. The gala is an opportunity for education and advocacy for those living with sickle cell disease. Gala partners include Pfizer, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, OSU Wexner Medical Center, and others.
Emergency action is necessary to provide financial support to the organization in a timely manner, as the gala took place in September during National Sickle Cell Month.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Faith Thomas Foundation in support of the 2023 Red Diamond Gala event; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($5,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, sickle cell is a life-threatening chronic disease affecting about 100,000 Americans, and that occurs in about 1 out of every 365 Black or African-American births in the United States, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council seeks to support the health of all residents and the advocacy for patients with unique needs that require knowledge, understanding, and compassion; and
WHEREAS, the Faith Thomas Foundation’s mission is to raise sickle cell awareness, and the Red Diamond Gala event furthers this mission; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Faith Thomas Foundation to ensure timely financial support to the organization in support of September's gala event; 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 Faith Thomas Foundation in support of the 2023 Red Diamond Gala and to pay for expenses before the purchase order was approved, which expenses are hereby determined to be incurred for a valid public purpose.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $5,000.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to the City Clerk per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $5,000.00 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 per 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 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.