Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Columbus Urban League to fortify the New Beginnings Work Readiness Initiative and offer a wider range of opportunities for $70,000.00.
Columbus Urban League initiatives foster self-sufficiency, family and community stabilization. Participants in New Beginnings will be granted access to a menu of services, credentialing and certification through the Urban Tech Jobs Program and The American Hotel and Lodging Educational Institute. In addition, the program staff will assist in accessing additional services.
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 ($70,000.00).
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To approve the funding request of Columbus Urban League 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 Columbus Urban League to fortify the New Beginnings Work Readiness Initiative; to authorize the expenditure of $70,000.00 from the emergency human services fund; and to declare an emergency. ($70,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Urban League has submitted a funding request seeking financial assistance to address an emergency human service need; and
WHEREAS, the Director of the Department of Development desires to enter into a grant agreement with Columbus Urban League to fortify the New Beginnings Work Readiness Initiative; and
WHEREAS, the grant will be funded from the general fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a grant agreement with Columbus Urban League to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services, all for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the grant application of Columbus Urban League seeking financial assistance to address an emergency human service need pursuant to Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Code is hereby approved.
SECTION 2. That the Director of the Department of Development be and is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Columbus Urban League to fortify the New Beginnings Work Readiness Initiative.
SECTION 3. That for the purpose as stated in Section 2, the expenditure of $70,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized in Fund 2231, emergency human services fund in Object Class 03 Contractual Services per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the expenditures authorized herein are in accordance with Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Code.
SECTION 5. 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 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 ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.