Explanation
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a grant agreement with the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) in the amount of $4,294.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund 2283.
Background: The grant will support the Cultural Arts Center presentation of the Dare to be Heard exhibition, 09/12/2016 - 11/05/2016. The exhibition will feature artwork by women artists focused on educating the community about the perception of women artists and the challenges shaping their creative identities.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested in order to have funding available for necessary expenditures related to the exhibition.
Fiscal Impact: The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $4,294.00. $4,294.00 is budgeted and available in the Recreation and Parks operating fund 2285 to meet the financial obligations of this grant match. There is a total of $8,588.00 available for this project.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into a grant agreement with the Ohio Arts Council; for the appropriation of grant funds for the Cultural Arts Center exhibition, Dare to Be Heard; to authorize the appropriation of $4,294.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund 2283; and to declare an emergency. ($4,294.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Ohio Arts Council (OAC) has awarded the City of Columbus Recreation and Parks Department a grant in the amount of $4,294.00; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary for the Recreation and Parks Department to enter into an agreement with the Ohio Arts Council for support of the Cultural Arts Center exhibition, Dare to Be Heard; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the appropriation of $4,294.00 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 acce...
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