Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation is to authorize the transfer of $3,750.00 from the Water Operating Fund into the Water Grant Fund for the purpose of meeting the grant match requirement for the Ohio Environmental Education Fund Mini Grant authorized and accepted through Ordinance 1284-2010 and passed October 6, 2010.
A $5,000.00 Ohio Environmental Education Fund mini grant for the purchase and installation of Green Infrastructure Interpretive Signage at sites along Griggs and Hoover Reservoirs has been awarded to the Department of Public Utilities Division of Power and Water. The City's match requirement for that grant is $3,750.00.
2. EMERGENCY:
The grant award has been offered to the Department of Public Utilities and it is immediately necessary to transfer the match amount and appropriate the funds in order to complete the project within the time frame of the grant. The Department of Public Utilities is requesting City Council to deem this legislation an emergency measure to allow the Director to complete the project before the grant deadline.
3. FISCAL IMPACT:
$3,750.00 is required as a match for this grant. These matching funds will come from the Water Operating Fund and be transferred into the Water Grant Fund. This Ordinance also requests the authority for the City Auditor to appropriate the proceeds of said match for purposes of funding this project work.
Title
To authorize the transfer of $3,750.00 from the Water Operating Fund into the Water Grant Fund as the designated match for the Ohio Environmental Education Fund Mini Grant authorized and accepted through passage of Ordinance 1284-2010 on October 6, 2010; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $3,750.00 from the Water Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,750.00)
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WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio Environmental Education Fund has issued a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 to the City of Columbus Departmen...
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