BACKGROUND: This ordinance is necessary to amend Ordinance 1106-2022 which authorized the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into a professional services contract with Metric Consulting LLC for the HOME-ARP Consultation and Assessment Project. The project will provide a needs assessment and consulting services specifically related to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) HOME Investment Partnerships Program, American Rescue Plan allocation (HOME-ARP). The Metric Consulting LLC HOME-ARP Consultation and Assessment Project will provide the Department of Finance and Management with the data and analysis needed to complete a HOME-ARP Plan which must be approved by HUD in order for the City to receive the entire $16,433,138 HOME-ARP allocation.
Ordinance 1106-2022, approved by City Council on May 11, 2022, also authorized the appropriation and expenditure of up to $134,040.00 from Fund 2201. This ordinance amends Ordinance 1106-2022 by authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of $134,040.00 within the General Fund 1000 by the Department of Finance and Management 4501 for the Metric Consulting LLC contract for the HOME-ARP Consultation and Assessment Project. This change in funding source is needed until such time as HUD has formally approved the City’s HOME-ARP Plan. Upon HUD’s approval of the City’s HOME-ARP Plan the Department of Finance and Management will perform an expenditure correction to reimburse the City’s General Fund for expenditures related to the Metric Consulting LLC HOME-ARP Consultation and Assessment Project Contract.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance amends the funding source for Ord 1106-2022 by authorizing the appropriation and expenditure of up to $134,040.00 from the General Fund 1000. Future expenditure corrections will be processed by the Department of Finance and Management, reimbursing the general fund upon approval by HUD of the City’s HOME-ARP Plan.
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To amend Ordinance 1106-2022 by modifying the funding source from Fund 2201 to the General Fund 1000 and by authorizing future expenditure corrections; and to declare an emergency ($134,040.00)
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WHEREAS, as part of the City’s HOME-ARP allocation plan the City is required to complete an assessment of the unmet needs of HOME-ARP qualifying populations; and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 1106-2022 authorizes the Director of the Department of Finance and Management to enter into a professional services contract with Metric Consulting LLC for the HOME-ARP Consultation and Assessment Project; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance amends Ordinance 1106-2022 by modifying the funding source from Fund 2201 to the General Fund 1000 in the amount of $134,040.00 from the City Fund 2201; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $134,040.00 within the General Fund 1000 by the Department of Finance and Management 4501; and
WHEREAS, per Ordinance 1106-2022, the Department of Finance and Management will enter into contract with Metric Consulting LLC for the HOME-ARP Consultation and Assessment Project; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Finance and Management will perform an expenditure correction upon HUD’s approval of the City’s HOME-ARP Plan to reimburse the City’s General Fund for expenditures related to the contract with Metric Consulting LLC for the HOME-ARP Consultation and Assessment Project. NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Section 2 of ordinance 1106-2022 is hereby amended to read as follows:
SECTION 2. That for the purpose stated in Section 1, the expenditure of up to $134,040.00, is hereby authorized in General Fund 22011000, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That existing Section 2 of ordinance 1106-2022 is hereby repealed.
SECTION 3. That ordinance 1106-2022 is hereby amended to add the following section:
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to process expenditure corrections as submitted by the Department of Finance & Management from the General Fund 1000 to the Fund 2201. Pursuant to HUD approval of the City’s HOME-ARP Plan.
SECTION 4. 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 the earliest period allowed by law passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor does not approve the same.