City of Columbus - File #: 0731-2004

• File #: 0731-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/7/2004
• In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 5/10/2004
• Final action: 5/11/2004
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance to appropriate and expend $293,917.00 from the General Government Grant Fund, to enter into a contract with the Community Shelter Board for the provision of homeless services and to declare an emergency. ($293,917.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/11/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
5/11/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
5/10/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Taken from the Table	Pass
5/10/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
5/10/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
5/3/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Tabled to Certain Date	Pass
4/20/2004	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
4/19/2004	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/15/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
4/15/2004	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/14/2004	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/9/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/9/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/9/2004	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/8/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/8/2004	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/8/2004	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/7/2004	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance to appropriate Emergency Shelter Grant funds in the amount of $293,917.00, received from the Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the provision of homeless services and to enter into a contract with the Community Shelter Board, Inc. for the administration of the City's Emergency Shelter Grant monies. The application for these funds was approved by Council on November 12, 2003 as part of the 2004 City of Columbus Consolidated Plan Action Plan. The Community Shelter Board will disburse the funds to various providers of services to the homeless, and will monitor those homeless activities. The Community Shelter Board has been selected because of their history with the city and the homeless community in the coordination of emergency shelter services as well as the Board's established administrative procedures to effectively implement such services.

This legislation is presented as an emergency so that homeless services can continue to be provided in an effective and timely manner.

FISCAL IMPACT: HUD has allocated $293,917.00 in Emergency Shelter Grant funds to the City in 2004. This allocation from HUD represents a $6,083.00 decrease from the approved Consolidated Plan budget. The City also provides funding to the Community Shelter Board from the General Fund and Community Development Block Grant budgets.

Title

To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance to appropriate and expend $293,917.00 from the General Government Grant Fund, to enter into a contract with the Community Shelter Board for the provision of homeless services and to declare an emergency. ($293,917.00)


Body

WHEREAS, the City has received $293,917.00 in Emergency Shelter Grant funds from HUD under the Stewart-McKinney Act-Emergency Shelter Grant Program for the provision of support services to the homeless; and

WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Finance desi...