Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance is to amend part of Section 4 of Ordinance 0248-2015 passed by Council on Feb. 2, 2015 regarding the Recreation and Parks Gatrell Fund. The amendment is to correct an error within Section 4 of the ordaining language authorizing the City Auditor to appropriate any such future deposits the City may receive, and to pay such amounts thereof, in accordance with payments made toward the Tree Replacement Fund. The Tree Replacement Fund was attached in error. This section should read as follows: Section 4. Any such future deposits as the City may receive are hereby deemed to be appropriated, and the City Auditor is hereby authorized to pay such amounts thereof, in accordance with payments made toward the Recreation and Parks Special Purpose Fund 223 and the Recreation and Parks Gatrell Fund 235.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds have been certified by the City Auditor for ordinance 0248-2015 passed by Council on Feb. 2, 2015 and signed by the Mayor.
EMERGENCY JUSTIFICATION: Emergency legislation is necessary to immediately amend this error so that receipts are deposited into the appropriate fund.
Title
To amend Section 4 of Ordinance 0248-2015 passed by City Council on February 2, 2015 to correct an error naming the Tree Replacement Fund, replacing it with the Recreation and Parks Special Purpose Fund 223 and the Recreation and Parks Gatrell Fund 235; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department needs to amend Section 4 of Ordinance 0248-2015 passed by City Council on Feb. 2, 2015 so payments will be made to the Recreation and Parks Special Purpose Fund 223 and the Recreation and Parks Gatrell Fund 235, not the Tree Replacement Fund as was incorrectly identified in the ordinance; and
WHEREAS, the funds have been certified by the City Auditor for Ordinance 0248-2015 passed by City Council on Feb. 2, 2015; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of...
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