Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance 0623-2013, passed March 18, 2013, authorized the Director of the Department of Development to enter into grant agreements with Catholic Social Services to provide two separate programs for disabled seniors; the Homemaker Senior Care Program for $22,564.00 and the Senior Companion Program for $12,618.00. It has since been determined that the Homemaker Senior Care Program is no longer being offered by Catholic Social Services due to the loss of match funding.
This ordinance amends Ordinance 0623-2013 by reallocating the funds from the discontinued Homemaker Senior Care Program to the Senior Companion Program. The Senior Companion Program will assume the funding originally set aside for the Homemaker Senior Care Program.
Emergency action is requested so that program services can continue uninterrupted.
FISCAL IMPACT: No additional funding is required by this legislation.
Title
To amend Ordinance 0623-2013, passed March 18, 2013, to adjust the Emergency Human Services program funding allocation between Catholic Social Services' senior service programs; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, on March 18, 2013, Columbus City Council passed Ordinance 0623-2013, authorizing the Development Director to enter into grant agreements with Catholic Social Services for two separate senior service programs; and
WHEREAS, it has since been determined that the Homemaker Senior Care Program is no longer available due to the loss of match funding; and
WHEREAS, it is now necessary to amend Ordinance 0623-2013 to reallocate the funds from the discontinued Homemaker Senior Care Program to the Senior Companion Program; and
WHEREAS, no additional funding is required by this amendment; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the amendment to Ordinance 0623-2013 so that program services can continue uninterrupted, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That Section 2 of Ordinance 0623-2013, passed March 18, 2013, is hereby amended to read as follows:
That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Catholic Social Services for a one year period to support the Senior Companion Program for an amount not to exceed $35,182.00.
Section 2. 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 approves nor vetoes the same.