Explanation
This ordinance authorizes an appropriation of $5,000 to Columbus City Council within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund in support of festivals and community events.
Columbus City Council seeks to supplement the work of festival and event planners with funding support, with the intention that these events remain sustainable and continue to attract visitors to the capital city.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delay in providing community organizations with the funding necessary to plan and execute events.
Title
To authorize an appropriation of $5,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund in support of festivals and community events; and to declare an emergency. ($5,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, each year, festivals and community events draw thousands of visitors to the city and generate millions of dollars in economic activity and commerce; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council deems it a worthy use of funds to support these festivals and activities, in order to maintain sustainability for future events; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily business of the city in that it is immediately necessary to authorize an appropriation in support of community events to avoid any delay in providing community organizations with the funding necessary to plan and execute events; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $5,000.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Columbus City Council, in Object Class 03 - Contractual Services, for support of festivals and community events, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
See Attached File: Ord 2557-2018 Legislation Template.xls
SECTION 2. 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.