Explanation
Background: The Refuse Collection Division is the recipient of a $141,500.00 2005 "Recycle, Ohio!" grant from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, Division of Recycling and Litter Prevention. This grant was accepted by Ordinance 1497-2004 that was passed by City Council on September 27, 2004. This grant is a primary funding source for the 2005 Keep Columbus Beautiful program that operates within the Refuse Collection Division, Public Service Department, to implement recycling, litter prevention and waste reduction education and awareness activities throughout the year.
Fiscal Impact: This grant requires a city match. City matching funds in the amount of $144,305.00 are budgeted in the Transportation Division's 2005 Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund appropriation. This ordinance transfers this city match money to the General Government Grant Fund. The city match money and the grant funding is then appropriated within the General Government Grant Fund. The ordinance then authorizes the expenditure of the total amount of the city match and the grant ($144,305.00 + 141,500.00 = $285,805.00) for approved program-related expenses from the Grant Fund.
Emergency action is requested to provide for efficient posting of these transactions in the interests of timely and accurate financial reporting and to allow for the uninterrupted operation of the Keep Columbus Beautiful program.
Title
To authorize the transfer of $144,305.00 from the Street Construction, Maintenance and Repair Fund, Transportation Division, to the General Government Grant Fund, Refuse Collection Division, as the city match for the 2005 "Recycle, Ohio!" grant received from the Ohio Department of Natural Resources for the continued operation of the Keep Columbus Beautiful program; to appropriate $285,805.00 within the General Government Grant Fund; to authorize the Public Service Director to expend $285,500.00 from the General Government Grant Fund, ...
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