Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a subaward grant agreement with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to support Safety Town Columbus in Linden and Hilltop neighborhoods in alignment with the One Linden and Envision Hilltop plans.
Due to the effects of COVID-19, the City of Columbus recognizes many organizations providing summer programming may not have the capacity to do so in 2022.
Through the American Rescue Plan Act State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, up to $50,000 is allocated to support the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Safety Town Columbus program to administer an evidence-based approach to providing critical safety education to children ages 5 to 7 year’s old. It has been shown to improve safety knowledge among youth participants while also reducing preventable injuries in the local community after implementation. All expenses must be eligible under the United States Treasury American Rescue Plan State Act guidelines. Expenses must be necessary expenditures incurred due to the public health emergency with respect to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) between March 10, 2021 and December 31, 2024.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to ensure that students can benefit from summer programming.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is provided to the City of Columbus from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund passed by Congress on March 10, 2021 and signed into law on March 11, 2021.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: the vendor number:
Nationwide Children’s Hospital 006069 and is pending
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to enter into a subaward grant agreement with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to support Safety Town Columbus in the Linden and Hilltop Communities in alignment with the Envision Hilltop and One Linden plans; to authorize the expenditure from the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund passed by Congress on March 10, 2021 and signed into law on March 11, 2021; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in the lack of summer programming opportunities; and
WHEREAS, the Nationwide Children’s Hospital Safety Town Columbus is in alignment with the Envision Hilltop and One Linden Plan; and
WHEREAS, Safety Town is an evidence-based approach to providing critical safety education to children; and
WHEREAS, due to the effects of COVID-19, the City of Columbus recognizes many organizations providing summer employment and programming opportunities may not have the capacity to do so in 2022; and
WHEREAS, through the American Rescue Plan Act, up to $50,000 is allocated to distribute to the following qualified Columbus area nonprofit agencies: Nationwide Children’s Hospital; and
WHEREAS, such expenditure of funds has not been previously accounted for within the 2022 Budget; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Neighborhoods in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into subaward grant agreement to allow the agencies to immediately provide summer youth programming; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1: That the Director of Neighborhoods is hereby authorized to enter into a subaward grant agreement with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to support Safety Town Columbus in the Linden and Hilltop Communities thereby allowing them to begin providing additional COVID-19 specific services for summer youth programming opportunities in the total amount up to $50,000.00, and to authorize the payment of expenses starting June 1, 2022.
SECTION 2: That the expenditure of up to $50,000, or so much thereof as may be needed is hereby authorized in Fund 2209 Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund, Dept-Div 48-01, in object class 03 (Services) per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3: That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
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 legislation.
SECTION 5: That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.