Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council for the 2019 Art Walks Project. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $4,000.00 in grant monies to fund this project for the period of April 1, 2019, through December 31, 2019.
This grant will be utilized to update design, develop, and print 14 existing Art Walks maps, host 14 guided walks in each of the Columbus Art Walks districts, and continue to promote public engagement for all the Art Walks in 2019.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow CPH to contract for services to provide materials prior the start of the Art Walks season beginning in the summer 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program is privately funded by Greater Columbus Arts Council ($4,000.00) and does not generate revenue or require a city match.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council for the Art Walks Grant Program in the amount of $4,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $4,000.00 to the City’s Private Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($4,000.00)
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WHEREAS, grant funding has been made available to Columbus Public Health through the Greater Columbus Arts Council for the Art Walks Grant Program; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Board of Health to accept $4,000.00 in grant funds for the Art Walks Grant Program for the period of April 1, 2019 through December 31, 2019, and to appropriate these monies to the City’s Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 2291; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the Greater Columbus Arts Council to initiate the deliverables in 2019, and to appropriate these funds to the Health Department for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDA...
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