Explanation
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio (WDB) to provide summer youth programming from May 2018 through August 2018. This contract requires an expenditure of $130,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund (2285).
Background: The 2018 Recreation and Parks budget includes funds to support this summer youth program in the City of Columbus. This program will be contracted to WDB, which has directed this program for six years. The summer youth program is funded through the Recreation and Parks operating fund in the amount of $130,000.00. The program is intended to be an essential component for the participants to develop life skills and self-esteem as a complement to other city programs giving youth positive experiences.
Principal Parties:
Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio (WDB)
1650 Lake Shore Dr., Suite 110
Columbus, Ohio 43204
Federal Identification Number: 81-1497840 (Non-Profit Organization)
Fiscal Impact: $130,000.00 is budgeted and will be available in the 2018 Recreation and Parks Operating Fund for summer youth programs.
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contract with the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio (WDB) to provide summer youth programming from May 2018 through August 2018; to authorize the expenditure of $130,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund; to revise the budget appropriation in fund 2285; and to declare an emergency. ($130,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to continue support of summer youth programs by entering into contract with the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio (WDB) to provide summer youth programming from May 2018 through August 2018; and
WHEREAS, the Recreation and Parks Departments 2018 budget includes appropriated funds of $130,000.00 to support summer youth programs; and
WHEREAS, the contract with WDB, entered into pursuant to the relevant provisions of City Code Chapter 329 for not-for-profit service contracts, will be funded from the Recreation and Parks Operating Fund (2285); and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to revise the budget appropriation within fund 2285; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into contract with WDB for summer youth programming, thereby preserving 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 Director of Recreation and Parks is hereby authorized to enter into contract with the Workforce Development Board of Central Ohio (WDB) for the purpose of funding summer youth programs from May 2018 through August 2018 pursuant to relevant provisions of City Code Chapter 329 for not-for-profit service contracts.
SECTION 2. 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 3. That for the purposes stated in Section 1, the expenditure of $130,000.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from:
DAX Funding attached
SECTION 4. That the budget appropriation within fund 2285 is authorized to be revised: DAX Funding attached.
SECTION 5. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 6. 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 7. That for 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.