Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with VOICEcorps to replace one of four HVAC units servicing VOICEcorps offices and audio recording studio areas for $5,700.00.
VOICEcorps reading service is now in its forty-second year of service to people in Columbus who cannot use printed materials or who have difficulty doing so due to blindness, visual or physical
impairments. The replacement of HVAC will benefit both staff and the over 200 volunteers using the office space and audio recording studios for the work of VOICEcorps.
Emergency action is necessary to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this expenditure is allocated from the Emergency Human Services Fund ($5,700.00).
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To approve the funding request of VOICEcorps seeking financial assistance to address an emergency human service need pursuant to Columbus City Code; to authorize the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with VOICEcorps to replace one of four HVAC units servicing VOICEcorps offices and audio recording studio areas; to authorize the expenditure of $5,700.00 from the Emergency Human Services Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($5,700.00)
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WHEREAS, VOICEcorps has submitted a funding request seeking financial assistance for Emergency Human Services Funds; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a grant agreement with VOICEcorps to replace one of four HVAC units servicing VOICEcorps offices and audio recording studio areas; and
WHEREAS, City Council is authorized to allocate funds annually to assist social service agencies in the city with the operating costs of delivering programs; and
WHEREAS, the grant will be funded from the Emergency Human Services Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately nec...
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