Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with St. Stephen’s Community House in support of Christmas Cares/Union Shares.
St. Stephen's Community House and the Central Ohio Labor Council, AFL-CIO are collaborating to support individuals and families through the distribution of a holiday food baskets. Many of these individuals and families have been impacted by COVID-19 and are facing food insecurity, especially around the holiday season. Christmas Cares/Unions Shares distributes a 80-100 pound food basket to those individuals and families who find themselves in a critical position due to situations such as stretched incomes, job lay-offs, evictions, family illnesses and the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic. Each year, St. Stephen’s serves over 2,400 households through the program.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested to provide funding necessary to support St. Stephen’s in advance of the Christmas holiday.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with St. Stephen’s Community House in support of Christmas Cares/Union Shares; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($24,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, St. Stephen's Community House and the Central Ohio Labor Council, AFL-CIO are collaborating to support individuals and families through the distribution of a holiday food baskets; and
WHEREAS, Christmas Cares/Unions Shares distributes a food basket to those individuals and families who find themselves in a critical position due to situations such as stretched incomes, job lay-offs, evictions, family illnesses and the impact of the Coronavirus pandemic; and
WHEREAS, each year, St. Stephen’s serves over 2,400 households through the program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately...
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