Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to expend previously encumbered but unspent funds for lead hazard control projects in the Lead Safe Columbus program. These funds are available due to canceled lead hazard control projects. The funding is provided by a grant from the Office of Healthy Homes and Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration program of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). The funds will allow the Lead Safe Columbus Program to provide grants for property owners to create lead safe, affordable housing for families with low and moderate income under HUD guidelines. Activities will include conducting lead hazard control projects.
Emergency action is requested to allow for continuation of services without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: $114,526.05, available from cancelled projects, will be expended from the Fund 2220 General Government Grants.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to provide grant assistance for lead hazard control projects under the Lead Safe Columbus program; to authorize the expenditure of $114,526.05 from the General Government Grants fund; and to declare an emergency. ($114,526.05)
Body
WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $114,526.05 from the General Government Grants fund under Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration program; and
WHEREAS, Lead Safe Columbus funding will provide grants for property owners to create lead safe, affordable housing for families with low and moderate income under HUD guidelines. Activities will include conducting lead hazard control projects; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to expend said funds to allow for the continuation of vital program services without interruption, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, property, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to provide grant assistance for lead hazard control projects under the Lead Safe Columbus program.
SECTION 2. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $114,526.05 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized in Fund 2220, General Government Grants, Object Class 03, Contractual Services, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. 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 approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.