Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Building and Zoning Services to enter into a grant agreement with Creating Central Ohio Futures, a non-profit organization, in support of the Building Back Better Together Program. This program will provide training and certifications that can be translated into career opportunities in the trades. Participants will be paid a weekly stipend, given the necessary tools and equipment, and referred for opportunities after graduation.
The Building Back Better Together Program will host their sixth cohort in February 2023.
Fiscal Impact: This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $250,000 within the Recovery Fund, Community Recovery Subfund in support of this program.
Emergency action is requested to allow for the purchase of tools and equipment before the cohort begins in February 2023.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Building and Zoning Services to enter into a grant agreement with Creating Central Ohio Futures in support of the Building Back Better Together Program; to authorize the expenditure of $250,000.00 within the Recovery Fund, Community Recovery Subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($250,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Building and Zoning Services to enter into a grant agreement with the Creating Central Ohio Futures, a non-profit organization, in the amount of $250,000.00 for the Building Back Better Together Program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Building and Zoning Services in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into a grant agreement with Creating Central Ohio Futures in order to provide resources for the Building Back Better Together Program to allow for the purchase of tools and equipment before the cohort begins in February 2023; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of the Department of Building and Zoning Services is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Creating Central Ohio Futures in support of the Building Back Better Together Program.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $250,000.00 within the Recovery Fund, Community Recovery Subfund is hereby authorized to support this program per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. 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 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 approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.