Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Alla Baba Temple #53 in support of their Shriners Helping Others Win events and to allow reimbursement of expenses incurred since December 1, 2022.
Alla Baba Temple #53 is a non-profit Masonic Fraternal organization located on the Eastside of Columbus, centered on the ideals of community service and charity.
Shriners Helping Others Win is an ongoing program dedicated to helping all ages. The requested funds will help support two events.
The event in December 2022 was a week-long event celebrating families who have been emotionally and financially effected through hardship. There were also professional counselors and local pastors to support those in attendance. The event in July 2023 will provide free meals, school supplies, backpacks and other resources to families in need.
Emergency legislation is required to provide reimbursement to Alla Baba Temple #53 for their December 2022 event and to provide funding for their July 2023 in as timely a manner as possible.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund.
Title
To authorize the City Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Alla Baba Temple #53, to support the Shriners Helping Others Win events; and to authorize an appropriation and expenditure within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($5,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Alla Baba Temple #53 is a non-profit Masonic Fraternal organization located on the Eastside of Columbus, centered on the ideals of community service and charity; and
WHEREAS, Shriners Helping Others Win events celebrating families who have been emotionally and financially effected through hardship; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Clerk's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Clerk to enter into a grant agreement with Alla Baba Temple #53 to provide reimbursement in as...
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