Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) for their Honoring Our Heritage to Ensure Our Future project.
The Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) is devoted to preserving and restoring balance in the lives of Native Americans through traditional, cultural, educational, family, community and wellness driven values and initiatives. A significant aspect of the NAICCO mission focuses on organizational capacity and sustainability in that NAICCO is a resource available to the local Native American community.
The Honoring Our Past to Ensure Our Future project focuses on meeting the voiced needs and concerns of the NAICCO community, specifically focusing on cultural preservation and restoration and community development.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delay in providing the resources necessary to meet the concerns.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) for their Honoring Our Heritage to Ensure Our Future project; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the general fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, The Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) is devoted to preserving and restoring balance in the lives of Native Americans through traditional, cultural, educational, family, community and wellness driven values and initiatives; and
WHEREAS, a significant aspect of the NAICCO mission focuses on organizational capacity and sustainability in that NAICCO is a resource available to the local Native American community. ; and
WHEREAS, the Honoring Our Past to Ensure Our Future project focuses on meeting the voiced needs and concerns of the NAICCO community, specifically focusing on cultural preservation and restoration and community development; and
WHEREAS, by providing access to Native American cultural and traditional focused programming and resources at NAICCO, Native Americanss will be able to achieve a more balanced lifestyle-mind, body, and spirit.; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Clerk in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the Native American Indian Center of Central to avoid any delay in initiating this critical work to focus on cultural preservation and restoration and community development.; now, therefore, 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 the Native American Indian Center of Central Ohio (NAICCO) for their Honoring Our Heritage to Ensure Our Future project.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $50,000.00 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 $50,000.00 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.