Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Department of Education to accept and appropriate $30,000.00 in grant monies made available by the Ohio Mayors Alliance and $10,000.00 in matching funds provided by the Department of Finance and Management's citywide account ($40,000.00) to I Know I Can. These grant monies will be used to fund a joint effort with the City, Columbus City Schools, and I Know I Can to increase the continuing education of Columbus Seniors, specifically the Reach Higher - All Seniors In and College Signing day programs and related activities. The funding will be used during the 2019-2020 School Year.
This ordinance also authorizes the Department of Education to enter into a contract with I Know I Can in the amount of $40,000.00 to provide specific services to meet the Ohio Mayors Alliance grant deliverables.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency as to not delay program services and to allow the financial transactions to be posted to the City’s accounting system as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the Department of Education to accept and appropriate $30,000.00 in grant funding from the Ohio Mayors Alliance and $10,000.00 that will be transferred from the Department of Finance and Management’s Citywide account to the Department of Education to meet the grant match requirement. This ordinance also authorizes the Department of Education to enter into contract with I Know I Can to provide specific services to meet the Ohio Mayors Alliance grant deliverables. This program does not generate any revenue. Grant Number G421900.
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To authorize the Department of Education to accept a grant from the Ohio Mayors Alliance in the amount of $30,000.00; to authorize the transfer of $10,000.00 from the Department of Finance and Management’s Citywide account to the Department of Education to meet the grant match requirement; to authorize the transfer of $10,000.00 from the general fund to the private grant fund; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $40,000.00 within the private grant fund; to authorize the Department of Education to enter into a contract with I Know I Can in the amount of $40,000.00; and to declare an emergency. ($40,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $30,000.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Mayors Alliance to increase the continuing education of Columbus Seniors, specifically the Reach Higher - All Seniors In and College Signing day programs and related activities during the 2019-2020 School Year.
WHEREAS, $10,000.00 will be transferred from the Department of Finance and Management’s Citywide account to the Department of Education to meet the grant match requirement.
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Mayors Alliance and the matching funds; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to enter into contract with I Know I Can to provide specific services to meet the Ohio Mayors Alliance grant deliverables; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Education in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate funds related to the Mayors Education Advocacy Grant in order to make funds available for the Reach Higher - All Seniors In and College Signing day programs and related activities, thereby preserving the public peace, health, property, safety, and welfare; now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Department of Education is hereby authorized to accept a grant award totaling $30,000.00 from the Ohio Mayors Alliance to increase the continuing education of Columbus Seniors, specifically the Reach Higher - All Seniors In and College Signing day programs and related activities during the 2019-2020 School Year.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $10,0000 within the general fund between the Finance and Management Department and the Department of Eduction per the accounting codes in the attachment.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $10,000 from the general fund to the private grant fund as the city's match per the accounting codes in the attachment.
SECTION 4. That the Department of Education is hereby authorized to enter into contract with I Know I Can for an amount of $40,000.00.
SECTION 5. That from the unappropriated monies in the Private Grant Fund No. 2291 and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the grant period, the sum of $40,000.00 and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Department of Education, according to the attached accounting document.
SECTION 6. That the expenditure of $40,000.00, or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 4, is hereby authorized from Private Grant Fund No. 2291, according to the attached accounting document.
SECTION 7. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Sections shall be paid upon order of the Department of Education and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except upon voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 8. 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, if applicable, may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originate in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 9. 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 10. That for 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.