Explanation
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Diaper Coalition to reimburse the organization for expenses incurred in support of the Columbus Food Truck Festival.
This year’s Food Truck Festival was held on July 12th and 13th on the Scioto Mile. This year’s festival included a new partnership with the Columbus Diaper Coalition. In exchange for providing volunteers to staff the event and funding to support security measures and entertainment, the Columbus Diaper Coalition was featured prominently at the event in an effort to raise awareness of the need for supplies and to raise the profile of the agency’s mission.
Columbus Diaper Coalition's mission is to provide free diapers to families facing financial difficulties and experiencing diaper need. The organization believes access to clean diapers is a basic human necessity and essential to the health and well-being of every baby and toddler. The goal is for every child in need to have access to clean diapers.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to immediately reimburse the Columbus Diaper Coalition for costs incurred.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Diaper Coalition to reimburse the organization for expenses incurred in support of the Columbus Food Truck Festival; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus Diaper Coalition's mission is to provide free diapers to families facing financial difficulties and experiencing diaper need; and
WHEREAS, this year’s Columbus Food Truck Festival was held on July 12th and 13th on the Scioto Mile, and this year’s festival included a new partnership with the Columbus Diaper Coalition; and
WHEREAS, in exchange for providing volunteers to staff the event and funding to support secu...
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