Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the transfer between object classes in an amount up to $3,600.00 and expenditure in an amount up to $124,272.25 within the Healthy Homes Production Grant (G442200); requests that Columbus City Council waive the provisions in Columbus City Codes Sections 111.14, 329.18, and 329.09 pursuant to Columbus City Codes Section 329.15; and authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into grant agreements with homeowners if the grant amount is greater than $5,000.00, to approve purchase orders with contractors for the Healthy Homes Program that may be greater than $50,000.00, and to modify a grant agreement with a homeowner or purchase order with a contractor to carry out the purpose of the grant program, all without having to return to City Council for each project for the Healthy Homes Program.
The Department of Development received the Healthy Homes Production Grant (HHPG Grant) from the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes within the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) in 2022 and this grant provides funding for the Lead Safe Columbus Program. The grant was authorized via ordinance 1115-2022 as a reimbursable grant in an amount up to $2,000,000.00.
The funds to be expended under this legislation are funds that have been previously transferred within the grant or cancelled from grant agreements/purchase orders from projects already completed under the Healthy Homes Production Grant. Since appropriation has been received under Ordinance 1115-2022, only approval to expend these cancelled funds is needed. That any future cancellation of funds from grant agreements/purchase orders can be re-established by the City Auditor to allow for a more expedient process of entering into grant agreements with homeowners without having to go back to City Council
In order to effectively and efficiently manage these remaining funds, the grant, the Healthy Homes Grant Program...
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