Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This legislation will authorize an appropriation of grant funds in connection with the Older Americans Act Title III Congregate and Home Delivered Meals program.
Additional grant funds are being made available to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging for the period March 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
This funding should significantly expand home delivered and other meal programs in the Central Ohio area including Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and Union Counties.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested in order to have the funding in place as soon as possible, as stipulated in the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Older Americans Act Title III grant requirements.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The fiscal impact of this ordinance will appropriate $1,076,132.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. This appropriation will enable the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging to continue administering said program in accordance with the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
Title
To authorize an appropriation in the amount of $1,076,132.00 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund for the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging in connection with the Older Americans Act Title III -Congregate and Home Delivered Meals; and to declare an emergency. ($1,076,132.00)
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WHEREAS, the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging has a need to appropriate funds received from the Ohio Department of Aging to supplement the Older Americans Act Title III Congregate and Home Delivered Meal programs; 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 so there is no interruption of services to older adults thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL ...
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