City of Columbus - File #: 0582-2011

• File #: 0582-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 4/1/2011
• In control: Finance Committee
• On agenda: 4/25/2011
• Final action: 4/27/2011
• Title: To decrease appropriations by $694,112.00 in various divisions and object levels within the community development block grant fund in anticipation of federal funding reductions; to reduce an existing CDBG encumbrance for the fair housing initiative within the Department of Development; to establish an encumbrance for the fair housing initiative using HOME funds; to reduce an existing encumbrance for affordable housing activities within the Department of Development; and to declare an emergency ($694,112.00).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/27/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
4/27/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
4/25/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
4/25/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
4/15/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/15/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/15/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/15/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/15/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/15/2011	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/15/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/15/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
4/15/2011	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
4/15/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/15/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
4/15/2011	1	Finance Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council

Explanation

This ordinance decreases community development block grant fund appropriations for fiscal year 2011 by $694,112 in anticipation of federal funding reductions. Most recent communications from HUD suggest a reduction of 16.22% is expected, or $1,133,148. The balance of $439,036 will be absorbed by unallocated cash in the City's CDBG account.

This ordinance reduces appropriations within CDBG funded divisions in the following areas: Personnel costs are reduced $254,021 as a result of unfilled vacancies and shifting personnel to work on other grants and non-general funding sources; Material costs are reduced $1,500; Services are reduced $203,591 through partial reductions in the public service competitive fund ($15,500), building maintenance costs for the city's land bank properties ($20,000), the economic development loan programs ($119,000), shifting a portion of the fair housing contract to another grant ($17,091), reducing a portion of the fair housing analysis of impediments study ($10,000), reducing the advertising budget ($2,000), and eliminating a small contract proposed to address insect infestations in the code enforcement program ($20,000); Other expenditures are reduced $235,000 by relying on carryover funding in the affordable housing programs.

Fiscal Impact: This ordinance will reduce the 2011 CDBG budget from $8,400,584 to $7,706,472, in anticipation of federal funding reductions from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.



Title
To decrease appropriations by $694,112.00 in various divisions and object levels within the community development block grant fund in anticipation of federal funding reductions; to reduce an existing CDBG encumbrance for the fair housing initiative within the Department of Development; to establish an encumbrance for the fair housing initiative using HOME funds; to reduce an existing encumbrance for affordable housing activities within the Department of Development; and to decla...