Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $15,000.00 from the Jobs Growth Initiatives Fund and authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to enter into a grant agreement with The Martin Luther King Jr. Performing and Cultural Arts Complex (King Arts Complex) to expend these funds from the Jobs Growth Initiatives Fund for the purpose of acquisition and installation of needed equipment and resources.
The King Arts Complex exists to enrich and improve the quality of life in the community by preserving, presenting, promoting and fostering the contributions of African Americans through creative expression and education. The King Arts Complex opened in 1987 and is the only multi-disciplinary non-profit arts facility in Ohio providing year round educational, performing arts and cultural arts programs celebrating the contributions of African Americans.
For the Complex to continue to effectively and efficiently meet its mission of enriching the community, an assessment of the agency’s technology needs was conducted. Based on the resulting assessment, which was developed using a five year implementation model, it is immediately necessary to make a critical upgrade to the Complex’s technology infrastructure. This legislation seeks to provide funding not to exceed $15,000.00 for the acquisition and installation of needed technology capital investments recommended in the Zero to Six Months Plan of the King Arts Complex Information Technology Assessment Report.
Columbus City Council created the Jobs Growth Initiatives Fund for the purpose of actively seeking key job creation investment opportunities that employ Columbus workers and strengthen the City's income tax revenues to pay for critical city services. These funds, which will be administered by the City’s Department of Technology, will be used specifically for the strategic technology investment. City Council deems program an appropriate use of $15,000.00 o...
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