Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Motherful, a 501(c)(3) organization, in support of resources for single mothers.
Founded in 2018 by three single mothers, Motherful seeks to bridge the gaps experienced by single mothers and their children in Columbus, Ohio. The co-founders recognized the great need for the fellowship and community of other single mothers in their own lives. They also recognized that often the resources and support that they needed as single mothers were hard to come by and not available in one place or location. Motherful was born from a desire to create an organization that would provide a respite of community for single mothers and their children where they would be understood and supported both emotionally and physically.
These funds will support single mothers in many categories ranging from rent, utilities, transportation, food/clothing and legal.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delay in providing the resources necessary to begin the town halls.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Motherful in support of resources for single mothers; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($6,200.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Motherful, a 501(c)(3) organization, seeks to bridge the gaps experienced by single mothers and their children in Columbus, Ohio; and
WHEREAS, Motherful seeks to build a safe, intentional community where single mothers joyfully and peacefully work together,, uplift each other, and share an abundance of resources in a collaborative, equitable collective; and
WHEREAS, Motherful partners with other organizations to provide resource to single mothers;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Motherful to avoid any delay in deploying the resources necessary to support single mothers; 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 Motherful, a 501(c)(3) organization, to provide in support of resources for single mothers.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $6,200.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Columbus City Council per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $6,200.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1, is hereby authorized in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. 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 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.