Explanation
Background:
This legislation is to appropriate supplemental grant funds from the Ohio Department of Aging, Franklin County Office on Aging and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, as administered by the Central Ohio Area Agency to carry on various services for the balance of 2019 and for 2020.
Emergency action is requested in order to continue services beyond December 31, 2019, without service interruption as stipulated in the various grant requirements.
Fiscal Impact:
The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to appropriate $12,301,000.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. This appropriation will enable the Recreation and Parks Department to continue those programs as required by the granting agencies for the balance of 2019 and 2020. All funds are budgeted within the grants and will be reimbursed by the granting agencies.
Title
To authorize a supplemental appropriation in the amount of $12,301,000.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for the operation of various grant programs administered by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging; and to declare an emergency. ($12,301,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate grant funds so that the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging of the Recreation and Parks Department can provide services to older adults in Central Ohio beyond FY 2019 without service interruption, thus this measure is being submitted as emergency legislation; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate said funds in order to continue services beyond December 31, 2019, without service interruption as stipulated in the various grant requirements, all for the preservation of public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2019, the sum of $12,301,000, upon receipt of notice of award or executed agreement, is appropriated to Recreation and Parks Department No. 51, Fund No. 2286 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the monies in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon the order of the Director of Recreation and Parks, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 3. That, at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 4. 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 5. 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 passage and approval by the Mayor, or 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes same.