Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant from the Share Our Strength Organization in the amount of $8,095.03 and to appropriate these monies to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. These funds will provide for new computers and related equipment, tables and chairs, cell phones and other supplies as needed to support the administrative function of the Summer Food Program.
The Summer Food Service program is administered by the U. S. Department of Agriculture through the Ohio Department of Education. It provides nutritionally balanced breakfasts and lunches to needy children during the summer months when public schools are closed. The ultimate goal of this grant is to increase the number of free breakfasts and lunches that will be served in 2005.
Emergency action is requested so the grant can be accepted in a timely manner and to have funding available for necessary expenditures.
Fiscal Impact:
$8,095.03 in grant funding will be used exclusively for the operation of the 2005 Summer Food Service Program. The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $8,095.03.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $8,095.03 from the Share Our Strength Organization for the operation of the 2005 Summer Food Service Program, to appropriate these funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($8,095.03)
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WHEREAS, the Share Our Strength Organization has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant in the amount of $8,095.03 for the operation of the 2005 Summer Food Service Program; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate said funds to the Recreation and Parks Department for expenditures in conjunction with the 2005 Summer Food Service Program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usua...
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