Explanation
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services.
Background: This ordinance also appropriates these monies to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund in order to provide tuition and cover administrative costs for 2018 Recreation and Parks summer camps. The $72,999.18 grant will provide 109 children with eight weeks of summer camp each.
Principal Parties:
Joy Bivens, Director
1721 Northland Park Ave.
Columbus, OH. 43229
Federal ID# 31-6400067
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to comply with the terms of the grant and so that funds are available for the 2018 camp season.
Fiscal Impact: A grant amount of $72,999.18 will be accepted from the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services and appropriated to the Recreation and Parks grant fund 2283.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $72,999.18 and enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services to provide camp fees for children from low-income families; to appropriate $72,999.18 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($72,999.18)
Body
WHEREAS, Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant to provide funding for tuition for summer camps; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks Department to accept a grant and enter into a grant agreement with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate $72,999.18 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate said grant funds to comply with the terms of the grant and so that funds are available for the 2018 camp season; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant in the amount of $72,999.18 and enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2018, the sum of $72,999.18, and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department. See attached documents.
SECTION 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Recreation and Parks, 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 4. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.