Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance will authorize the Director of Neighborhoods to accept a donation of $15,000 in gift cards from Kroger and to authorize the appropriation, expenditure and distribution of gift cards within the Private Grant Fund. The gift cards will be used to address summer food insecurity for students enrolled in My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Summer Youth Employment and Programming.
As a part of Kroger’s commitment to Zero Hunger/Zero Waste they are donating $15,000 in gift cards to be used by the Department of Neighborhoods - MBK for activities and programs aligned with their goals of ending hunger and reducing waste in our community.
Principal Parties:
Kroger
Kroger Corporate Affairs
1014 Vine St
Cincinnati, Ohio 45202
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to ensure that students can benefit from donation.
Fiscal Impact: The Department of Neighborhoods MBK Summer Youth Employment program is receiving $15,000 in gift cards to provide supplemental food outside of the program hours. The total value of the donation is $15,000.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Neighborhoods to accept a donation of $15,000.00 in gift cards for students enrolled in My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Summer Youth Employment and Programming; to authorize the appropriation, expenditure and distribution of $15,000.00 within the Private Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, The Mayor and City Council are committed to the mission and work of the My Brother’s Keeper; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Neighborhoods will receive a donation of $15,000 in gifts cards from Kroger for programming to address summer food insecurity for students enrolled in My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Summer Youth Employment and Programming; 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 accept this donation from Kroger so that students can benefit from donation at the earliest possible time, for the preservation of the public health, 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 Neighborhoods is hereby authorized to accept the donation of $15,000 in gift cards for students enrolled in My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Summer Youth Employment and Programming for the purpose of reducing hunger in our community.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to appropriate $15,000 gift card donation in the Private Grant fund, Fund 2291, Subfund 000000 to the Department of Neighborhoods, per account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure and/or distribution of the $15,000 or so much hereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized in Fund 2291, Private Grant fund, in object class 02, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. The Receipt and Disbursement of the donated gift cards in the amount of $15,000 will be recorded by the Auditor’s office on the financial records in G482200.
SECTION 5. 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 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.