Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant, enter into an agreement with the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation, and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
Grant funding will be used to hire a summer workforce for the Recreation and Parks Department as part of the workforce investment act. This grant will help both adult workers and dislocated workers and the grant dollars are divided equally between the two types of workers.
$139,399.00 for adult workers, Federal CFDA # 17.258
$139,399.00 for dislocated workers, Federal CFDA #17.260
Funds will be used for payroll and wage costs, workers compensation, pension pickup, hiring costs, uniforms, protective equipment, testing, and background checks.
Contract Compliance #201175160, Expires: 07/10/09
Fiscal Impact:
The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $278,798.00.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $278,798.00 and enter into an agreement with The Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation for funding to hire a summer workforce within the Recreation and Parks Department, to authorize the appropriation of $278,798.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. ($278,798.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant for employment of summer staffing; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept said grant and appropriate said funds; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant in the amount of $278,798.00 and enter into an agreement with the Central...
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