Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a grant agreement with Gladden Community House to make repairs and improvements at their community center at 183 Hawkes Avenue.
Gladden Community House is the settlement house founded in 1905 to serve the children and families of Columbus’ Franklinton and near west side. Gladden’s services touch over 10,000 Franklinton and near west side residents each year. They provide a wide range of programs to support and strengthen the community, including emergency financial assistance, senior citizens outreach, afterschool and summer education activities for children, and the Gladden Food Pantry.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Emergency Human Services subfund.
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 Gladden Community House to replace the front doors at their community center at 183 Hawkes Avenue; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Emergency Human Services subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($14,938.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Gladden Community House is the settlement house founded in 1905 to serve the children and families of Columbus’ Franklinton and near west side; and
WHEREAS, Gladden’s services touch over 10,000 Franklinton and near west side residents each year; and
WHEREAS, Gladden Community House provides a wide range of programs to support and strengthen the community; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize a grant agreement with Gladden Community 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 author...
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