City of Columbus - File #: 0463-2007

• File #: 0463-2007
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/13/2007
• In control: Public Service & Transportation Committee
• On agenda: 5/21/2007
• Final action: 5/24/2007
• Title: To authorize the Public Service Director to accept a "Students for Recycling" grant 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; and to authorize the expenditure of $2,500.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the Private Grant Fund. ($2,500.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
5/24/2007	1	MAYOR	Signed
5/24/2007	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
5/21/2007	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
5/21/2007	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
5/14/2007	1	Columbus City Council	Read for the First Time
5/1/2007	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
5/1/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
4/30/2007	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/30/2007	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/30/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Sent for Approval
4/27/2007	1	SERVICE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/27/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/27/2007	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/27/2007	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/27/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Sent for Approval
3/14/2007	1	Service Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/13/2007	1	Service Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
The Public Service Department, Refuse Collection Division, Keep Columbus Beautiful (KCB) program is eligible for grant dollars from Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated (KAB), Aquafina and Sam's Club for participation in "Students for Recycling", a "Great American Clean Up" campaign designed to facilitate partnering with local schools (kindergarten through twelfth grade) to remove plastic bottles (PET) from the waste stream through recycling. The plastic content of recycled bottles is used to manufacture backpacks.

Keep Columbus Beautiful has been awarded a $2,500.00 grant for meeting the promotions entry requirements and recruiting (5) schools (Charter) for participation in recycling. This legislation authorizes the Public Service Director to accept the monies and authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of these funds within the Private Grant Fund.

Keep America Beautiful will select the top fifty collecting schools that participate in the "Students for Recycling" program and their corresponding affiliate to each receive a grant of $1,000.00 in the form of a Sam's Club gift card. The top 100 winning schools will each receive a minimum of 100 backpacks made from recycled material. Results of the effort will be determined by Keep America Beautiful later this year.

Fiscal Impact: No city match is required for this award/grant.

Title
To authorize the Public Service Director to accept a "Students for Recycling" grant 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; and to authorize the expenditure of $2,500.00 or so much thereof as may be needed from the Private Grant Fund. ($2,500.00)

Body
WHEREAS, Keep Columbus Beautiful has been awarded a $2,500.00 grant sponsored by Keep America Beautiful, Incorporated (KAB), Aquafina and Sam's Clu...