Explanation
Columbus City Council has a need to purchase food and/or beverage items for the Small Business Roundup reception on January 17, 2023. This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of up to $1,500.00 from the Job Growth subfund for the purchase of food and/or beverage items, which serve the public purpose of improving lives by encouraging attendance at public events. Specifically in this case, hosting a reception promotes engaging Columbus' small business owners and entrepreneurs to increase awareness of City resources available to them and to look towards what support the small business community needs in 2023. Light snacks and beverages for the reception will be provided with a spending cap of $25 per participant. Any purchase of alcohol is strictly prohibited.
Ordinance 3252-2022 was passed by Columbus City Council on December 5, 2022 for this same purpose. The ordinance provided insufficient funds for food and beverages given the robust interest in attendance of this event from Columbus small business owners, establishing the need to repeal and replace Ordinance 3252-2022 with this ordinance.
Fiscal Impact: Funding for these items is available within the Job Growth subfund.
Emergency Action: Emergency designation is requested in order to immediately facilitate any necessary purchase of these items in the usual daily operation of the city.
Title
To authorize an appropriation and expenditure of up to $1,500.00 from the Job Growth subfund for the purchase of food and/or beverage items for the Small Business Roundup reception on January 17, 2023; to repeal and replace Ordinance 3252-2022; and to declare an emergency. ($1,500.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council has a need to purchase food and/or beverage items for the 2023 Small Business Roundup reception on January 17, 2023; and
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council must repeal and replace Ordinance 3252-2022 which provided insufficient funding for the purpose of food and beverage purchases at the Small Business Roundup; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus City Council in that it is immediately necessary to repeal and replace Ordinance 3252-2022 and to authorize the expenditure of funds for the purchase of food and/or beverage items for the specified public purposes in order to immediately facilitate any necessary purchase of these items so that they are available before the reception; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That Ordinance 3252-2022 is hereby repealed and replaced by this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $1,500.00 within the Job Growth subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100015, to Columbus City Council in 02-Materials and Supplies per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $1,500.00 is hereby authorized from the Job Growth subfund, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance, for the purchase of food and/or beverage items.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that these expenditures are properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City’s financial records.
SECTION 5. 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 6. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.