Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Humanities Council. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $7,600.00 in grant money to fund this project for the period of May 5, 2014 to October 27, 2014.
The grant is to fund the continuation of the Columbus Arts Walks and Landmarks Talks, a guided walking tour program launched in 2013.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to comply with the grantor's requirements to continue the walking guided tour program in June, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program does require a cost match, either in cash or in kind, for a total project cost of not less than $15,200.00. The in kind personnel match is covered by the Health Special Revenue Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from Ohio Humanities Council to continue a guided walking tour program called Columbus Art Walks and Landmark Talks in the amount of $7,600.00; to authorize the appropriation of $7,600.00 to the Health Department in the City’s Private Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($7,600.00)
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WHEREAS, $7,600.00 in grant funds have been made available to Columbus Public Health through the Ohio Humanities Council; and,
WHEREAS, this grant provides the continuation of guided tour walks in Columbus; and,
WHEREAS, the in kind personnel match required by this grant is covered through the Health Special Revenue Fund;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the Ohio Humanities Council to initiate the deliverables in June, 2014, and to appropriate these funds to the Health Department for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant...
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