Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant, enter into an agreement with the Ohio Arts Council, and provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
Grant funding will be used to support the 2004 Festival Latino. Funding will be used for artist's fees, marketing/publicity, and accessibility expenses. A match of $15,170.00 is required from the Recreation and Parks Department. The match will be made up of existing administration and personnel costs.
Previous grant awards were $18,625.00 for the 2002 Festival Latino and $16,162 for the 2003 Festival Latino.
Fiscal Impact:
$15,170.00 in grant funding will be used exclusively to support the 2004 Festival Latino.
The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $15,170.00.
The expenditure of $15,170.00 is budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $15,170.00 and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Arts Council for funding to support the 2004 Festival Latino, to authorize an appropriation of $15,170.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department. ($15,170.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Ohio Arts Council has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant to support the 2004 Festival Latino; 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 $15,170.00 and enter into an agreement with the Ohio Arts Council to support the 2004 Festival Latino.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropria...
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