Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education to accept, appropriate and expend funds from the Columbus Foundation Jeffrey Fund for a middle school robotics program. Students from Columbus middle schools will design a robot for a competition in May 2008. The program will operate two Saturdays per month at St. Stephen's Community House.
FISCAL IMPACT: Program dollars are solely from the Columbus Foundation Jeffrey Fund. This program will not be supported with any city dollars.
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To authorize the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education to accept a grant from the Columbus Foundation Jeffrey Fund in the amount of $20,000, and to appropriate, enter into contract with St. Stephen's Community House and authorize the expenditure of $20,000, for the purpose of providing robotics programming to middle school students; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
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WHEREAS, The Director of the Mayor's Office of Education desires to accept the Columbus Foundation Jeffrey Fund grant in the amount of $20,000.00; and
WHEREAS, The Director of the Mayor's Office of Education desires to appropriate said monies into the Education Special Grants fund 291, Grant number 400002, OCA 400002, object level 03-3336; and
WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education to contract with St.Stephen's Community House; and
WHEREAS, St. Stephen's will use the appropriated funds to provide robotics programming to Columbus middle school students; and
WHEREAS,emergency action is necessary to allow the Director of the Office of Education to enter into contract and complete before the 2007-2008 school year ends ;and
WHEREAS; an emergency exists in the daily operation of the Mayor's Office of Education in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contract with St Stephen's, all for the immediate preservation of the public health , peace, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant from the Columbus Foundation Jeffrey Fund in the amount of $20,000 to provide robotics programming.
Section 2. That the Director of the Mayor's Office of Education is hereby authorized to enter into contract with St. Stephens Community Center for robotics programming during the 2007-2008 school year. Contract will be from January through July 2008.
Section 3 That for the purpose of funding this program, $20,000.00 is hereby appropriated as follows:
Education Special Grants fund 291, Grant 400002, OCA 400002, Object level 03-3336.
Section 4. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $20,000.00 be and is hereby authorized from the Grant Fund 291, Grant 400002, Department of Education, Division number 40-04, Object Level One 03, Object Level 3336, OCA Code 400002.
Section 5. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Education, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
Section 6. That this contract is awarded pursuant to Section 329.15 of the Columbus City Codes, 1959 as amended.
Section 7 That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, the ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.