Explanation
This ordinance authorizes Columbus City Council to enter into contract with Lyons Counseling & Consultation Services in support of the Commission on Black Girls.
This request is to provide funding for Lyons Counseling & Consultation Services for work related to the Commission on Black Girls. In the first several months of convening the Commission there will be a multitude of partners who will be working on research, presentations, community engagement and other projects for the Commission. Lyons Counseling & Consultation Services is being engaged to manage the work of all stakeholders who will be working on Commission related initiatives. Further, serving as the project manager, Lyons Counseling & Consultation Services will be accountable for all components related to the internal and external movement of the Commission.
The consulting services include but are not limited to, the facilitation of opportunities for the Commission on Black Girls to have meaningful dialogue with key stakeholders, service providers, City Council members and Black girls who reside in the City of Columbus, Ohio. The consultant will also support the strategic direction and initiatives of the Commission on Black Girls; and/or assistance in the development of partnerships which may further the goals of the Commission.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to have the necessary resources in place to immediately undertake the work associated with the Commission on Black Girls.
Title
To authorize Columbus City Council to enter into contract with Lyons Counseling & Consultation Services in support of the Commission on Black Girls; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Commission on Black Girls will develop and implement recommendations to ensure opportunities, successful futures, and the achievement of a high quality of life for Black girls in Columbus; and
WHEREAS, Lyons Counseling & Consultation Services is being engaged to manage the work of all stakeholders who will be working on Commission related initiatives; and
WHEREAS, serving as the project manager, Lyons Counseling & Consultation Services will be accountable for all components related to the internal and external movement of the Commission; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily business of the city in that it is immediately necessary to authorize a contract with Microcosm CIC in order to have the resources in place to serve the Commission on Black Girls without delay; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Columbus City Council is hereby authorized to enter into contract with Lyons Counseling & Consultation Services in support of the Commission on Black Girls.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $10,000.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Columbus City Council per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $10,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, is hereby authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018 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.