Explanation
This ordinance will authorize the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to accept a donation of $10,000 in gift cards from the Kroger Company and to authorize the appropriation, expenditure and distribution of gift cards within the Private Grants Fund; and declare an emergency. The gift cards will be used to enhance outreach and engagement efforts for at-risk populations and people experiencing homelessness.
Background:
As a part of the Kroger Company commitment to Zero Hunger/Zero Waste they are donating $10,000 in gift cards to be used by the Department of Neighborhoods for activities and programs aligned with their goals of ending hunger and reducing waste in our community.
Fiscal Impact:
None. The Department of Neighborhoods is receiving $10,000 in gift cards for activities and programs aligned with outreach and engagement efforts for people experiencing homelessness and other at risk populations to help reduce hunger in our community. The total value of the donation is $10,000.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to accept a donation of $10,000.00 in gift cards from the Kroger Company; to authorize the appropriation, expenditure and distribution of $10,000.00 within the Private Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Neighborhoods will receive a donation of $10,000 in gifts cards from the Kroger Company for programming to assist people experiencing homelessness and other at risk populations; and
WHEREAS, the gift cards will be used by the Department of Neighborhoods for activities and programs aligned with their goals of ending hunger and reducing waste in our community; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Neighborhoods in that it is necessary to authorize the acceptance of this donation in order to enable the distribution of the gift cards for the purpose of reducing hunger in our community to commence immediately; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods is hereby authorized to accept the donation of $10,000 in gift cards from the Kroger Company for the purpose of reducing hunger in our community.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to appropriate $10,000 in gift card donation in the Private Grant fund, Fund 2291, Subfund 000000 to the Department of Neighborhoods, per account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure and/or distribution of the $10,000 or so much hereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 2291, Private Grant fund, in object class 02, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. 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 5. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.