Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Saint Stephen Community Services, Inc. in support of Christmas Cares/Unions Share.
Christmas Cares/Unions Share is a collaboration between St. Stephen's Community House and the Central Ohio Labor Council as well as many community partners.? The goal of the program is to help with food insecurity during the Christmas Holiday through the distribution of a 100-pound food basket to those households who are finding themselves in a financial hardship due to job layoffs, fixed/stretched incomes, evictions, or rising costs of rent and utilities.
Emergency action is necessary to plan for the event on December 20-22, 2024.
Fiscal Impact: $75,000.00 will be appropriated and expended from available funds within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Saint Stephen Community Services, Inc. in support of Christmas Cares/Unions Share; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($75,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Christmas Cares/Unions Share is a collaboration between St. Stephen's Community House and the Central Ohio Labor Council as well as many community partners; and
WHEREAS, the goal of the program is to help with food insecurity during the Christmas Holiday through the distribution of a 100-pound food basket to those households who are finding themselves in a financial hardship due to job layoffs, fixed/stretched incomes, evictions, or rising costs of rent and utilities; and
WHEREAS, this is the 70th year of Christmas Care/Unions Share; 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 ensure the St. Stephen's Community Services, Inc. has the funds to plan for the Christmas Cares/Unions Share event on December 20-22, 2024, for the imme...
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