Explanation
1. BACKGROUND
The Department of Public Service, Keep Columbus Beautiful (KCP) program as an affiliate member in good standing received a grant sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated (KAB), and the 2010 Rumpke Cincinnati Reds Clean-up Hitter program. The grant is designed to encourage local solutions that showcase environmental stewardship, and show evidence of sustainability of the Keep Columbus Beautiful misson. Grants of $1,000.00 were awarded to Keep America Beautiful affiliates throughout the Rumpke service region in Ohio.
Keep Columbus Beautiful is requesting acceptance of an award of the $1,000.00 grant to be used for the overall mission of community improvement for the City of Columbus and its neighborhoods. This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Service to formally accept this grant.
This legislation also authorizes the appropriation of $1,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Keep Columbus Beautiful donations within the private grant fund. The appropriated funds will be used to provide supplies for the overall mission of community improvement for the City of Columbus and its neighborhoods.
2. FISCAL IMPACT
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $1,000.00 within the private grant fund for Keep Columbus Beautiful.
3. EMERGENCY DESIGNATION
Emergency action is requested 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.
Title
To authorize the Director of Public Service to accept a grant in the amount of $1,000.00 sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated; to authorize the appropriation of $1,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the private grant fund for the Division of Refuse Collection, to provide funding for the Keep Columbus Beautiful program; and to declare an emergency. ($1,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Keep Columbus Beautiful program receives donations from time to time from various sources, and
WHEREAS, the Keep Columbus Beautiful (KCB) program is eligible to accept a donation sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated (KAB), from a program named the 2010 Rumpke Cincinnati Reds Clean-up Hitter program, and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate said funds within the Division of Refuse Collection, Keep Columbus Beautiful program, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Service, Division of Refuse Collection, in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds for the immediate preservation of 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 Director of Public Service be and hereby is authorized to accept a Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated grant for the 2010 Rumpke Cincinnati Reds Clean-up Hitter program.
SECTION 2. That from the unallocated monies in the private grant fund, 291, and from any and all sources unallocated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011, the sum of $1,000.00 be and hereby is appropriated to the Department of Public Service, Division of Refuse Collection 5902, OCA Code 591095, Object Level One - 02, Object Level Three - 2290.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing SECTION 2 shall be paid upon the order of Director of Public Service 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.