Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $100,000 from the Neighborhood Economic Development Fund to provide funding for a contract with the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce to combat the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005 as it pertains to the Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC). The contract is a partnership between the City of Columbus and Chamber of Commerce to build the best business case for maintaining and expanding the activities and employment at the DSCC. The Chamber will provide research, competitive analysis, communication, and lobbying to build and communicate a compelling business case that demonstrates the military value of DSCC, allowing us to retain and grow jobs at this facility.
Emergency action is requested so that the Chamber can began work immediately in response to the federal government's pending decision on base closures.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $100,000 from the Neighborhood Economic Development Fund.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $100,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Neighborhood Economic Development Fund to the Department of Development; to authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into contract with the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 from the Neighborhood Economic Development Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Director of the Department of Development to appropriate funds from the unappropriated balance of the Neighborhood Economic Development Fund and to contract with the Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce to build the best case for maintaining and expanding the activities and employment at the Defense Supply Center Columbus (DSCC); and
WHEREAS, the case is necessary to combat the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) 2005; and
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