Explanation
This contract authorizes a grant agreement between Columbus City Council and Gladden Community House in support of the organization’s youth sports programming.
Gladden Community House has served the very low-income Franklinton and near west side neighborhoods of Columbus, Ohio since 1905. For over four decades, Gladden has provided a large, year-round community-based team sports program for community children. In 2016, the team sports program engaged 546 children and 62 community volunteer coaches, providing 18,858 hours of healthy, constructive, positive activity for Franklinton and near west side children.
Due to recent reductions in outside support, the youth sports program is at risk of being without the resources necessary to maintain operations. The provision of this grant, along with the additional support that Gladden has been able to secure in 2017, will ensure the program’s continuation for the remainder of the year.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delay in providing Gladden Community House with the resources necessary to maintain operation of the youth sports program.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize City Council to enter into a grant agreement with Gladden Community House in support of the organization’s youth sports program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Gladden Community House has been an outstanding service provider to Franklinton and the near west side for over 110 years; and
WHEREAS, for over 40 years, Gladden Community House has operated a year-round community-based team sports program for local children; and
WHEREAS, for the sustainability of the program and in service of the hundreds of children that participate annually, this Council deems it an effective use of funds to support the sports program; and
WHERAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the city in that it is immediately necessary to authorize City Council to enter into a grant agreement with Gladden Community House to avoid any risk to program operations, thereby preserving the public health, safety and welfard; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That City Council is authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the Gladden Community House in support of the youth team sports program.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $30,000.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Columbus City Council, in Object Class 03 - Contractual Services, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
See Attached File: Ord 1203-2017 Legislation Template.xls
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $30,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the actions authorized in SECTION 1, is hereby authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, in Object Class 03 - Contractual Services, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
See Attached File: Ord 1203-2017 Legislation Template.xls
SECTION 4. That this contract is awarded pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 329 that relate to not-for-profit service contracts.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this legislation.
SECTION 6. 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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.