Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Red, White, & Boom! in an amount up to $50,000.00 for the purpose of planning, promoting and executing Red, White & Boom! 2022.
Since its inception in 1981, Red, White, & Boom! has grown to be the largest Independence Day Celebration in the Midwest and has become an open, inclusive and FREE experience for hundreds of thousands of people from across Columbus and central Ohio. Historically, the day-long event attracts over 400,000 visitors to downtown Columbus, making it the largest single-day event in the city. It is a tradition that celebrates the diversity of our community, while honoring military veterans and those who serve our city, state and nation.
Emergency action is necessary to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: The funding of $50,000.00 for this contract will be transferred from the General Fund Citywide Account to the Department of Development General Fund budget.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: the vendor number is 004781 and contract compliance expires 11/15/2023.
Title
To authorize the Director of Development to execute a grant agreement with Red, White, & Boom!, in an amount up to $50,000.00 for the purpose of planning, promoting and executing Red, White & Boom! 2022; to authorize a transfer of $50,000.00 between the Citywide Account and the Department of Development; and to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
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WHEREAS, since its inception in 1981, Red, White, & Boom! has grown to be the largest Independence Day Celebration in the Midwest; and
WHEREAS, Red, White, & Boom! has become an open, inclusive and FREE experience for hundreds of thousands of people from across Columbus and central Ohio; and
WHEREAS, Red, White, & Boom! is a tradition that celebrates the diversity of our community, while honoring military veterans and those who serve our city, state and nation; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Development desires to enter into a grant agreement with Red, White, & Boom!; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Development in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a grant agreement with Red, White, & Boom! and make funding available to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services, hereby preserving 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 Director of the Department of Development is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Red, White, & Boom! in an amount up to $50,000.00 for the purpose of planning, promoting and executing Red, White & Boom!
SECTION 2. That the transfer of $50,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized within Fund 1000 (General Fund), from Dept-Div 45-01, object class 10 to Dept-Div 44-02 (Economic Development), object class 03 (Services) per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That for the purpose stated in Section 2, the expenditure of $50,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 1000 (General Fund), Dept. 44-02 (Economic Development), in Object Class 03 (Contractual Services) per the accounting codes in the attached to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. Funds are hereby deemed appropriated and expenditures and transfers authorized to carry out the purposes of this ordinance and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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.