Explanation
This ordinance authorizes a grant agreement in the amount of $16,000 between Columbus City Council and Sinclair Media II for sponsorship of the WSYX ABC 6’s Job Boot Camps.
The intent of Job Boot Camp is to prepare professionals to achieve their career goals and to discover opportunities with companies locally. ABC 6 will provide workshops and on-site guided professional mentors, promoting job education and skill training to enhance opportunities for professionals to achieve their career goals in today’s job market. Workshop sessions include:
• Networking Basics - It’s Who You Know!
• LinkedIn Professionals
• Hidden Jewels In A Steady Job Market
• Managing Your Personal Budget - Credit Score The Deal Breaker!
• De-stress When Seeking A New Career
• Professional Appearance - It Matters!
• Professional Skills - Introduction to Microsoft
• Know Your Worth - Motivation To Fuel Your Confidence
Sponsorship of this event aligns with Columbus City Council’s priority of promoting opportunities for job creation, workforce development, and technology integration.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available in the general fund, Jobs Growth subfund.
Emergency action is requested due to the time-sensitive deadlines of event sponsorship.
Title
To authorize a grant agreement between Columbus City Council and Sinclair Media II for sponsorship of the WSYX ABC 6 Job Boot Camps; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure of $16,000.00 from the Jobs Growth subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($16,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, in 2009, WSYX ABC 6 hosted its first Job Boot Camp; and
WHEREAS, it is a top priority of Columbus City Council to support efforts that enhance regional job creation, workforce development, and technology integration; and
WHEREAS, in 2017, 183 employers and over 1,700 attendees participated in the Job Boot Camp events; and
WHEREAS, City Council will again participate at the Job Boot Camps by coordinating and staffing a computer resource bank whereby visitors to the event may submit job applications online; and
WHEREAS, passage of this legislation authorizes Columbus City Council to appropriate and expend $16,000.00 from the general fund, Jobs Growth subfund, and to enter into a grant agreement to sponsor the 2018 WSYX ABC 6 Job Boot Camps; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to authorize Council to enter into a grant agreement with Sinclair Media II and appropriate said funds to have funding available for necessary expenditures due to the time-sensitive deadlines of the event; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $16,000.00 in the Jobs Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015, to the Columbus City Council, in Object Class 03 - Contractual Services, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That Columbus City Council is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Sinclair Media II, Inc./dba WSYX ABC 6 to support and sponsor the 2017 Job Boot Camps.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $16,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the actions authorized in SECTION 2, is hereby authorized in the Jobs Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015, in Object Class 03 - Contractual Services, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. 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.