Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League to support their programming to young professionals through the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals (CULYP) organization. The Columbus Urban League (CUL) is a community‐based, non‐profit, advocacy organization.
The mission of the CULYP is to attract and retain young professionals in the Columbus area through a variety of personal and professional development and networking opportunities, as well as community and civic engagement efforts. Support from Columbus City Council will allow the CULYP to continue operating and planning these activities, as well as providing other initiatives and opportunities.
Franklin County is one of the youngest counties in Ohio, making the work of the CULYP essential to a thriving professional population in Columbus. The social separation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic makes it more important than ever to provide Columbus’ diverse local workforce with opportunities to connect and grow, both personally and professionally.
Emergency action is necessary to ensure the organization receives timely financial support for their operations and activities.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Job Growth subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League to support their Young Professionals (CULYP) organization; and to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Job Growth subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Columbus Urban League Young Professionals organization provides essential networking and development opportunities to Columbus’ young professional workforce; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council seeks to support a thriving local workforce in Columbus with abundant personal and professional networking, community and civic engagement, and advancement and development opportunities; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Columbus Urban League to ensure the timely support of their programming to local young professionals, thereby preserving the public safety, health, welfare, and peace; 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 Young Professionals (CULYP) organization.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $20,000.00 in the Job Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015, to the City Clerk per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $20,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, is hereby authorized in the Job Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015 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.