Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Huckleberry House in support of the Youth Outreach Program.
The Youth Outreach Program serves residents ages 12-24 by connecting them to critically-needed services and support. The broad array of services includes, but is not limited to, access to food, health, and hygiene items, assistance with securing stable housing, help obtaining documents such as ID and birth certificates, and linkages with other service-providing agencies.
The Youth Outreach Program also operates a shop located in Linden, where youths can use computers to search for jobs or apply for benefits, meet with counselors, or access other onsite services.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives and Emergency Human Services subfunds.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any disruption in service for at-risk residents.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Huckleberry House in support of the Youth Outreach Program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; to authorize an expenditure within the Emergency Human Services subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($75,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Youth Outreach Program serves residents ages 12-24 by connecting them to critically-needed services and support; and
WHEREAS, services include, but are not limited to, access to food, health, and hygiene items, assistance with securing stable housing, help obtaining documents such as ID and birth certificates, and linkages with other service-providing agencies; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily business of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize a grant agreement with Huckleberry House in order to avoid any disruption in service for at-risk residents; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized and directed to enter into a grant agreement with Huckleberry House in support of the Youth Outreach Program.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to appropriate $50,000.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to the Department of Development per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $75,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, is hereby authorized per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That payment is expressly contingent upon the availability of sufficient monies in the Emergency Human Services subfund to cover the obligation set forth in this contract and in no case shall payments exceed available cash in this fund. In this event that there is not sufficient cash in the fund to cover the obligation set forth in this contract, the City Auditor shall have the authority to make all necessary adjustments at her discretion.
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 the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this legislation.
SECTION 7. 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.