Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $6,416.22 in the Department of Development’s 2019 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) Grant with the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
The funds to be appropriated and expended include a refund in the amount of $1,130.00 for cancelled travel expenses related to COVID-19 and a refund in the amount of $5,286.22 from the Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation for workers’ compensation expenses in 2018 for the 2014 and 2016 LHRD grants. Per direction from HUD, because the 2014 and 2016 LHRD grants are closed, the BWC refund shall be treated as program income under the 2019 LHRD grant.
The funds - grant, match funds, and program income - will allow the Lead Safe Columbus Program to provide property owners with grants for lead safe, healthier, affordable housing for families with low and moderate income under HUD guidelines. The program provides lead abatement and healthy homes activities in accordance with HUD guidelines, including but not limited to, lead paint level testing, risk assessments, lead hazard control and healthy homes interventions and clearance tests as well as outreach, education, and training.
This legislation is submitted as an emergency to allow the refunds to be used immediately to continue services without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding will be appropriated to and later expended from the General Government Grant Fund (Fund 2220), G441900. Funds will be put in the budget, not on an ACPO.
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To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $6,416.22 in the Department of Development’s 2019 Lead Hazard Reduction Demonstration (LHRD) Grant with the Office of Lead Hazard Control and Healthy Homes of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD); and to declare an emergency. ($6,416.22)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Development received refunds in the ...
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