Explanation
This legislation authorizes the refund of double payment of student stipends totaling $103,522.09 to Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services. The City Student Tech Corps program paid stipends to those students who worked during the summer. Franklin County advanced us $137,000.00 in stipend payments so that the students could be paid every two weeks. Monthly invoices were sent to Franklin County to show the actual amount of stipends paid. Franklin County paid those stipends in addition to the advancement.
FISCAL IMPACT: The cash is available in Grant fund 291, Grant 400002 but will require appropriation to process this refund.
This legislation is requested to be an emergency so that payment may be made to Franklin County at the earliest possible date.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education to issue a refund to Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services for overpayment of summer stipends in the amount of $103,522.09 from the grants fund 291 grant 400002, and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, Franklin County advanced stipends of $137,000 for the City Student Tech Corps summer program which allowed a biweekly student payment; and
WHEREAS, Monthly invoices are submitted to Franklin County to show the exact amount of stipends paid in June, July and August 2007; and
WHEREAS, Franklin County paid the stipend amount reported in addition to the advancement; and
WHEREAS, The Director of the Mayor's Office of Education desires to appropriate and expend said monies in Grant fund 291, Grant 400002, OCA 400002, Object level 5513; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Mayor's Office of Education in that it is immediately necessary to authorize payment of $103,522.09 to Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services so that payment may be made to Franklin County at the earliest possible date for the immediate preservation ...
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