Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $5,000.00 from the Community Technology Grant Fund to the Department of Technology and authorizes the Director of the Department of Technology to enter into a grant agreement with Tech Corps Ohio to provide grant assistance sponsorship to its annual Techieloka event in the amount of $5,000.00. As a sponsor of Techieloka, Tech Corps' annual technology competition for elementary school students in Columbus, Ohio, is an exciting and competitive event wherein student teams present projects focused on a range of computer science and engineering concepts.
This grant fund was established with the passage of Ordinance 0722-2006 on April 27, 2006, and allows for the funds to be utilized for community-based technology projects as determined by the Director of the Department of Technology and approved by City Council.
Tech Corps Ohio is a national non-profit organization that strives for a technologically-literate society in which all students have equal access to the technology programs, resources and skills to enrich their education and allow them to compete successfully in the global workforce. Tech Corps Ohio is driven by local technology needs and draws on the expertise and enthusiasm of technology professionals from the local community.
As a 501(c)3 non-profit agency, Tech Corps Ohio, 112 Jefferson Avenue #3, Columbus, Ohio 43215, partners with the City in supporting the technology goals of the non-profit community. Tech Corps Ohio programs are not computer literacy programs but instead programs that put students in the role of actively creating and designing with technology, not just passively using and consuming it.
EMERGENCY:
Emergency action is requested so that payment may be made to Tech Corps at the earliest possible date.
FISCAL IMPACT:
A total of $5,000.00 has been allocated for this grant from the Department of Technology, Computer Technology Grant Fund. Funding for ...
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