City of Columbus - File #: 0411-2006

• File #: 0411-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/16/2006
• In control: Administration Committee
• On agenda: 3/13/2006
• Final action: 3/15/2006
• Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to appropriate $284,518.00 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. ($284,518.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/15/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
3/14/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/13/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
3/13/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
2/28/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/27/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
2/24/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/24/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/24/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/24/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/22/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/21/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/21/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/21/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/17/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/17/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/17/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/16/2006	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to appropriate Emergency Shelter Grant funds in the amount of $284,518.00, 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. (Contract Compliance Number 31-1181284) for the administration of the City's Emergency Shelter Grant monies. The application for these funds was approved by council on November 14, 2005 as part of the 2006 City of Columbus Consolidated Plan Action Plan. The Community Shelter Board will disburse the funds to various providers of the services to the homeless, and will monitor those provider 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 the homeless services can continue to be provided in an effective and timely manner.

HUD has allocated $284,518.00 in Emergency Shelter Grant funds to the City in 2006. This allocation from HUD represents a $1,510.00 decrease from the approved Consolidated Plan budget. The City also provides funding to the Community Shelter Board from the General Fund and the Community Development Block Grant budgets.


Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to appropriate $284,518.00 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. ($284,518.00)


Body
WHEREAS, the City has received $284,518.00 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

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