Explanation
1. BACKGROUND:
This legislation is to authorize the transfer of $3,750.00 from the Water Operating Fund into the Water Grant Fund for the purpose of meeting the grant match requirement for the Ohio Environmental Education Fund Mini Grant authorized and accepted through Ordinance 1284-2010 and passed October 6, 2010.
A $5,000.00 Ohio Environmental Education Fund mini grant for the purchase and installation of Green Infrastructure Interpretive Signage at sites along Griggs and Hoover Reservoirs has been awarded to the Department of Public Utilities Division of Power and Water. The City's match requirement for that grant is $3,750.00.
2. EMERGENCY:
The grant award has been offered to the Department of Public Utilities and it is immediately necessary to transfer the match amount and appropriate the funds in order to complete the project within the time frame of the grant. The Department of Public Utilities is requesting City Council to deem this legislation an emergency measure to allow the Director to complete the project before the grant deadline.
3. FISCAL IMPACT:
$3,750.00 is required as a match for this grant. These matching funds will come from the Water Operating Fund and be transferred into the Water Grant Fund. This Ordinance also requests the authority for the City Auditor to appropriate the proceeds of said match for purposes of funding this project work.
Title
To authorize the transfer of $3,750.00 from the Water Operating Fund into the Water Grant Fund as the designated match for the Ohio Environmental Education Fund Mini Grant authorized and accepted through passage of Ordinance 1284-2010 on October 6, 2010; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $3,750.00 from the Water Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,750.00)
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WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, Ohio Environmental Education Fund has issued a grant in the amount of $5,000.00 to the City of Columbus Department of Public Utilities for the purchase and installation of Green Infrastructure Interpretive Signage at sites along Griggs and Hoover Reservoirs; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for this Council to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds from the Water Operating Fund to the Water Grant Fund to meet the designated grant match requirement of $3,750.00; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of the proceeds from the operating funds necessary for the required match; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Utilities in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Auditor to appropriate, designate, and transfer the monies necessary for the grant match requirement to ensure the project is completed within the time frame of the grant; for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That from the unappropriated monies in the Water Operating Fund, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources, and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, the sum of $3,750.00, is hereby appropriated to the Division of Power and Water, Division 60-09, Fund 600, Object Level One 10, Object Level Three 5501, OCA 900704.
SECTION 2. That the Director of Public Utilities, be and hereby is, authorized and directed to transfer $3,750.00 from the Water Operating Fund to the Water Grant Fund for the purpose of meeting the grant match requirement for the Ohio Environmental Education Fund mini grant awarded to the Department of Public Utilities for the purchase and installation of Green Infrastructure Interpretive Signage at sites along Griggs and Hoover Reservoirs.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $3,750.00 between funds as follows:
Department of Public Utilities
Division of Power and Water
FROM:
Dept/Div No. | Fund No. | Fund Name | OCA Code | OCA Name | OL3 | Change
60-09 | 600 | Water Operating Fund | 603001 | Watershed Mgmt. | 5501 | -$3,750.00
TO:
Dept/Div No. | Fund No. | Fund Name | Grant No. | OCA Code | Grant Name | OL3 | Change
60-09 | Fund 620 | Water Grant Fund | Grant No. 601002 | OCA 601002 | Ohio Environ. Educ Minigrant | 0886 | +$3,750.00
SECTION 4. That the proceeds from the Water Grant Fund, for the Green Infrastructure Interpretive Signage at sites along Griggs and Hoover Reservoirs, in the amount of $3,750.00, is hereby appropriated to the Division of Power and Water | Dept/Div. 60-09 | Fund No. 620 | Water Grants Fund | Grant No. 601002 | OCA Code 601002 | Grant Name: Ohio Environ. Educ Minigrant | OL3 2210 | +$3,750.00.
SECTION 5. That for the purpose of paying the costs associated with the required match for the grant project, the expenditure of $3,750.00 is hereby authorized within the Dept/Div. 60-09 | Fund No 620 | Water Grants Fund | Grant No. 601002 | OCA Code 601002 | Grant Name: Ohio Environ. Educ Minigrant | OL3 2210 | +$3,750.00.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer any unencumbered balance in the project account to the unallocated balance within the same fund upon receipt of certification by the Director of the Department administering said project that the project has been completed and the monies no longer required for said project; except that no transfer shall be made from a project account by monies from more than one source.
SECTION 7. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper project accounting numbers as appropriate.
SECTION 8. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this Ordinance.
SECTION 9. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this 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 approved nor vetoes the same.