Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus City Council has established the Area Commission Technology Enhancement Program. The goals of this program are to assist Area Commissions in their ability to communicate with and engage residents by leveraging new technology, to help Area Commissions hold efficient and effective meetings, and to promote the use of social media, websites, and other forms of electronic communication as tools for organizing and engagement. Each area commission will be able to apply for technological equipment up to $2,200.
Emergency action is requested so that Area Commissions can apply and receive this technology as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation transfers $47,500 from the Neighborhoods Initiatives subfund to the Area Commission Fund; and appropriates $47,500 for operating expenses of the Area Commission Technology Enhancement Program.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate and transfer $47,500.00 from the Neighborhoods Initiatives subfund to the Area Commission Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to appropriate $47,500.00 in the Area Commission Fund for operating expenses of the Area Commission Technology Enhancement Program; and to declare an emergency ($47,500.00).
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer funds from the Neighborhoods Initiatives subfund to the Area Commission Fund for the Area Commission Technology Enhancement Program; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council and the Department of Neighborhoods held the Area Commission Empowerment & Development Tour in the Fall of 2019 to listen to the concerns of area commissions; and
WHEREAS, Area Commissions stated that technological equipment would improve the effectiveness and efficiency of area commission meetings; and
WHEREAS, each Area Commission will be eligible to receive technology valued up to $2,200.00 in 2020; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus City Council in that it is immediately necessary to autho...
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