Explanation
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services.
Background: This ordinance also appropriates these monies to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund in order to provide tuition and cover administrative costs for 2016 Recreation and Parks summer camps. The $66,852.58 grant will provide 109 children with eight weeks of summer camp each.
Principal Parties:
Joy Bivens, Director
1721 Northland Park Ave.
Columbus, OH. 43229
Federal ID# 31-6400067
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to comply with the terms of the grant and so that funds are available for the 2016 camp season.
Fiscal Impact: A grant amount of $66,852.58 will be accepted from Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services and appropriated to the Recreation and Parks grant fund 283.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $66,852.58 and enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services to provide camp fees for children from low-income families; to appropriate $66,852.58 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($66,852.58)
Body
WHEREAS, Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant to provide funding for tuition for summer camps; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks Department to accept a grant and enter into a grant agreement with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services; and
WHEREAS, it is ncessary to appropriate $66,852.58 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate said grant funds to com...
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