Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Southfield Community Missionary Baptist Church in support of resources to purchase materials.
Southfield Community Missionary Baptist Church, located at 1399 Augmont Ave, operates as a house of worship but also hosts events to keep Columbus residents informed of what is happening in the city. Southfield Community Missionary Baptist Church also runs the Southfield Cares Enrichment Program which provides programming for children aged 5-12 in the summer.
These funds will support Southfield Community Missionary Baptist Church by allowing them to purchase materials such as recreational and safety equipment.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delay in providing the resources necessary to purchase necessary materials.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
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To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Southfield Community Missionary Baptist Church in support of resources to purchase materials for the Southfield Cares Enrichment Program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($12,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Southfield Community Missionary Baptist Church is located at 1399 Augmont Ave in Columbus, Ohio; and
WHEREAS, Southfield Community Missionary Baptist Church also runs the Southfield Cares Enrichment Program which provides programming for children aged 5-12 in the summer; and
WHEREAS, funds are needed to support Southfield Community Missionary Baptist Church by allowing them to purchase materials such as recreational and safety equipment; and
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 Southfield Community MissionaryBaptist Church to avoid any delay in deploying the resources necessary to support the Southfield Cares Enrichment Program;
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 Southfield Community Missionary Baptist Church to provide in support of resources for materials such as recreational and safety equipment for the Southfield Cares Enrichment Program.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $12,000.00 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 $12,000.00 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.