Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League in support of the organization’s annual Fishing with Dad event.
The Columbus Urban League (CUL) plans to host its annual Fishing with Dad event on Saturday June 18th, 2022, to coincide with Father’s Day weekend. This year CUL expects over 600 participants and 60 volunteers. Participants will enjoy an afternoon of free fishing, food and fun with their children. This event will provide an opportunity for participants to learn about the joys of fishing through aquatic education courses focusing on casting, baiting, water safety, and identifying local fish. Each participant will receive a free fishing pole, bait, tackle and refreshments.
CUL will also offer fatherhood resources as well as an opportunity for fathers and families to register for CUL programs and other support services. This event will not only touch the fathers involved in CUL programming but also many families in the Near East Side community.
Emergency action is necessary to provide the Columbus Urban League with resources in advance of the event on June 18th, 2022.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League to support the organization’s annual Fishing with Dad event; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($10,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Columbus Urban League plans to host its annual Fishing with Dad event on Saturday June 18th, 2022, to coincide with Father’s Day weekend; and
WHEREAS, participants will enjoy an afternoon of free fishing, food and fun with their children and receive a free fishing pole, bait, tackle and refreshments; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus Urban League will also offer fatherhood resources as well as an opportunity for fathers and families to register for CUL programs and other support services; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League to provide the Columbus Urban League with resources in advance of the annual Fishing with Dad event on June 18th, 2022, for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League in support of their annual Fishing with Dad event.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $10,000.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to the City Clerk per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $10,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, is hereby authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018 per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That for the 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.