Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes a grant agreement in the amount of $8,000 between Columbus City Council and Sinclair Media II for sponsorship of two WSYX ABC 6 Job Boot Camps.
ABC 6 Job Boot Camp is free to all residents; the upcoming events will occur at the Columbus Metropolitan Library from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
The intent of the Job Boot Camp is to prepare residents to achieve their career goals and to discover job opportunities with local companies. ABC 6 will provide workshops and on-site professional mentors, promoting job opportunities and skills development to enhance opportunities for residents to achieve their career goals in today’s job market.
Sponsorship of this event aligns with Columbus City Council’s priority of promoting opportunities for job creation, and workforce development, and technology integration.
Emergency action is necessary due to the time-sensitive deadlines of event sponsorship.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding is available in the general fund, Job Growth subfund.
Title
To authorize Columbus City Council to enter into a grant agreement with Sinclair Media II for sponsorship of the WSYX ABC 6 Job Boot Camps; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure of $8,000.00 from the Job Growth subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($8,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is a top priority of Columbus City Council to support efforts that enhance regional job creation, workforce development, and technology integration; and
WHEREAS, passage of this legislation will authorize Columbus City Council to appropriate and expend $8,000 from the general fund, Job Growth subfund, and to enter into a grant agreement to sponsor two 2019 WSYX ABC 6 Job Boot Camps; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to authorize Council to enter into a grant agreement with Sinclair Media II and appropriate said funds to have funding available for necessary expenditures due to the time-sensitive deadlines of the event, for the public health, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $8,000 in the Jobs Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015, to the Columbus City Council, in Object Class 03 - Contractual Services, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That Columbus City Council is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Sinclair Media II, Inc./dba WSYX ABC 6 to support and sponsor the 2019 Job Boot Camps.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $8,000 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the actions authorized in SECTION 2, is hereby authorized in the Job Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015, in Object Class 03 - Contractual Services, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. 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.