Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Lead With Purpose in support of their general operations and services to the community.
The mission of Lead With Purpose is to promote effective leadership skills, self-confidence, personal value, progressive decision making, effective goal setting, positive attitudes, healthy relationship building, and life skills. This is achieved through mentoring, social entrepreneurship, academic excellence, and community engagement. Specifically, this grant seeks to support Lead With Purpose’s “LEAD” Academy which is based on principles of Leadership, Empowerment, Adaptability, and Discipline.
This grant may support personnel, supplies, or services costs, but will not pay for any food or beverage expenses. Lead With Purpose may also use funds to provide subgrants as part of the execution of their mission. This ordinance authorizes an upfront payment to Lead With Purpose to support their work. Lead With Purpose does not currently have sufficient funds on-hand to await reimbursement for expenses incurred.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency Designation: Lead With Purpose is in need of upfront funding to support their activities this summer. To provide funding in a timely manner to the organization rather than facing a multiple-week delay after the passage of the ordinance, emergency designation is requested.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Lead With Purpose in support of their general mission and operations; to authorize an expenditure of $20,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council seeks to promote community engagement opportunities that encourages leadership, empowerment, adaptability, and discipline skills for Columbus residents; and
WHEREAS, Lead With Purpose is a mission-driven ...
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