City of Columbus - File #: 1068-2006

• File #: 1068-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/5/2006
• In control: Utilities Committee
• On agenda: 6/26/2006
• Final action: 6/28/2006
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to accept a "Return the Warmth" grant if awarded from Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated, designed to facilitate partnering with local schools to remove plastic bottles from the waste stream through recycling; to authorize the appropriation of $2,500.00 within the Private Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $2,500.00 or so much thereof as may be needed for this purpose from the Private Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($2,500.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
6/28/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
6/27/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
6/26/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
6/26/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
6/14/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/14/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/14/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/14/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/14/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/13/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/13/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/13/2006	1	Service Reviewer	Sent for Approval
6/12/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/12/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/12/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/8/2006	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/5/2006	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/5/2006	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
The Public Service Department, Refuse Collection Division, Keep Columbus Beautiful (KCB) program is eligible for a grant sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated (KAB), Aquafina and Sam's Club. The grant, called "Return the Warmth", is designed to facilitate partnering with local schools (kindergarten through twelfth grade students) to remove plastic bottles from the waste stream through recycling. The plastic content of recycled bottles is used to manufacture fleece jackets, hence the term "Return the Warmth". The top fifty collecting schools that participate in the "Return the Warmth" program will each receive a grant of $1,000.00 in the form of a Sam's Club gift card.

Keep Columbus Beautiful has been tentatively awarded a $2,500.00 grant to publicize and organize the program locally. This legislation authorizes the Public Service Director to formally accept the grant [if awarded,]; it also authorizes the appropriation of these funds within the Private Grant Fund and its expenditure from that Fund.

Fiscal Impact: None. No city match is required for this grant. The KCB resources that will be dedicated to managing/implementing this grant are included in the program's 2006 operating budget within the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund.

Emergency action is requested to make this funding available to KCB as soon as possible to allow the recycling program to coincide with the return of students to school in the fall.



Title
To authorize the Public Service Director to accept a "Return the Warmth" grant if awarded from Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated, designed to facilitate partnering with local schools to remove plastic bottles from the waste stream through recycling; to authorize the appropriation of $2,500.00 within the Private Grant Fund; to authorize the expenditure of $2,500.00 or so much thereof as may be needed for this purpose from the Private Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($2,500.00...