Explanation
Background:
This ordinance authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services. This grant will provide tuition and cover administrative costs for the 2022 Recreation and Parks Summer Camps through the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund. The $57,533.12 grant will provide approximately 100 children with eight weeks of summer camp each.
Principal Parties:
Joy Bivens, Director
Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services
1721 Northland Park Ave.
Columbus, OH. 43229
Federal ID# 31 6400067
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested to comply with the terms of the grant and so that funds are available for the 2022 camp season.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes an acceptance of the $57,533.12 grant award and the appropriation of those funds from the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund 2283.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $57,533.12 and enter into an agreement with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services to provide camp tuition for children from low income families; to appropriate $57,533.12 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($57,533.12 )
Body
WHEREAS, Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services has awarded the City of Columbus, Recreation and Parks Department, a grant to provide funding for tuition for summer camps for children from low income families; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks Department to accept the grant and enter into a grant agreement with the Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate $57,533.12 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation o...
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