Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes and directs the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract in the amount of $180,000.00 with Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation (COWIC). This $180,000.00 expenditure will bring the level of 2012 support to $620,000.00. This allocation is to support thepartnership with COWIC for the implementation of the Restoration Academy Program. The program will identify 15 individuals to receive a myriad of programs and services including health assessments, life and occupational skills training, nutrition and fitness programs, etc. designed to assist with successfully transitioning back into the community.
FISCAL IMPACT: $180,000.00
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to provide additional support to the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation (COWIC) for the Restoration Academy 2012 Project; to authorize the expenditure of $180,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Fund 285; and to declare an emergency. ($180,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, The City, acting through the Recreation and Parks Department agrees to provide additional funding to the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation for the implementation of the Restoration Academy Program 2012; and
WHEREAS, The total funding agreement to the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation for 2012 will be increased to $620,000.00; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said agreement with the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation for the implementation of the Restoration Academy Program 2012; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and is hereby authorized to increase the funding agreement with the Central Ohio Workforce Investment Corporation for the implementation of the Restoration Academy Progr...
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