Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the East High Band Boosters in support of the East High School Football Program.
The mission of the East High School Football Program is to create a culture of toughness, character, dependability, and leadership through a commitment of devotion and a call to service to another, as well as a consistency in the development of tradition and excellence. Their goal is to prepare students to be lifelong champions in all that they do, producing not only great teams and players but great fathers, husbands, and members of society.
This grant will support football equipment, team camp events, football uniforms, academic resources for students, meals for the team, apparel for the team, and travel-related costs. The East High School Football Program services students ages 14 to 18 in the 43203 ZIP code area. Of the eleven seniors who participated in the football program last season, eight went on to post-secondary education. The program operates in collaboration with local businesses, churches, and other community leaders, exposing students to their broader community and demonstrating the importance of teamwork on and off the field.
Emergency Justification: Emergency action is requested so that purchases that must be made prior to the season will have sufficient financial support, including equipment, uniforms, and other practice items that need to be ordered in the early summer months ahead of the football season.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the East High Band Boosters in support of the East High School Football Program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($25,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Columbus City Council seeks to support safe and healthy neighborhoods, including through youth engagement opportunities such as high school sports; and
WHEREAS, the East High School Football Program seeks to support the development of community-minded young men who are better prepared to thrive as they graduate from high school; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with the East High Band Boosters in support of the East High School Football Program, in an amount of up to $25,000.00; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Clerk in that it is immediately necessary to transfer and appropriate funds for necessary expenditures in early summer ahead of the football season; 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 East High Band Boosters in an amount of up to $25,000.00 for the purpose of supporting the East High School Football Program.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $25,000.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to the City Clerk per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $25,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, 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 (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.