Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into grant agreements with various organizations in support of summer youth engagement and employment programs.
In April 2023, the City of Columbus had an open and competitive application process to support funding for nonprofit organizations looking to establish or grow programs focusing on various areas including education, arts and crafts, workforce development, and financial literacy. These areas are designed to provide safe, constructive venues for youth to learn, grow and develop during the summer months.
Funding proposals were then evaluated by an interdepartmental review committee comprised of representatives from the Mayor, the Recreation and Parks Department, Department of Neighborhoods and Columbus City Council.
The services included in these grant agreements cannot be provided by existing city employees because these services are beyond the City’s current responsibility and capacity to provide.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to ensure that students can benefit from summer employment and engagement opportunities.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, the Reimagine Safety subfund and the citywide transfer line.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into grant agreements with various organizations in support of summer youth engagement and employment programs; to authorize an appropriation and transfer within the general fund; to authorize an expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($2,245,114.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus is looking to invest in our community partners that are so vital to the success of our kids and teens; and
WHEREAS, summer youth engagement and employment programs provide safe, constructive venues for youth to learn, grow and develop during the summer months; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the office of the city clerk in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Clerk to enter into grant agreements to allow the agencies to immediately provide summer employment and engagement opportunities; 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 grant agreements with the following organizations in support of summer youth employment and engagement programs:
Children's Hunger Alliance - $25,000.00
City of Grace Church (dba) 501(c)3 Christ Cathedral Church - $69,000.00
City of Refuge GoodLife Foundation - $132,649.00
Community Development for All People - $125,000.00
Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services - $124,505.00
Franklin County Historical Society dba COSI - $144,463.00
Help and Hope Community Center, Inc. - $37,620.00
Help For Homelessness And Beyond Inc - $57,719.00
J. Jireh Development Corporation (JJDC) - $36,500.00
Lead With Purpose - $42,658.00
Leadership Columbus - $35,000.00
Legacy Youth Sports Academy - $297,300.00
Local Matters - $92,100.00
Martin de Porres Center (Dominican Sisters of Peace) - $132,000.00
Mothers of Murdered Children - $75,000.00
MY Project USA - $110,000.00
Ohio Hispanic Coalition - $100,000.00
Reaching Higher Heights Care Center 4- Life - $24,000.00
Remember Us Urban Scouts INC - $150,000.00
Royal Oak - $33,000.00
Southfield Missionary Baptist Church -$35,600.00
Southside Hope Community Development Corporation - $50,000.00
The Actions that Matter for Youth/ Her Crowned Mindset - $25,000.00
Urban Resurrection Community Development Corporation - $50,000.00
Warriors Karate Academy - $61,000.00
We Amplify Voices - $25,000.00
We Are Linden - $50,000.00
Women Just Like Me - $5,000.00
Youth Over Us, Inc. - $100,000.00
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $500,000.00 to Columbus City Council within the Reimagine Safety subfund in object class 10-Transfers, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $1,745,114.00 within the general fund per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $2,245,114.00 in the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100018, to Columbus City Council per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That per the action authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance, the expenditure of $2,245,114.00 is hereby authorized.
SECTION 6. 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 legislation.
SECTION 7. 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 7. 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.