Explanation
Background: This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant in the amount of $13,974.52 from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners (dba: Franklin County Office on Aging) for funding to support the 2024 50+ Senior Fitness Program. The Recreation and Parks Department applies for this grant annually.
The Recreation and Parks Department offers activities for adults, ages 50+. The activities include painting/drawing, crochet, ballroom dancing, clogging, line dancing, ceramics, chorus, drama, exercise, yoga, needlework, quilting, Red Hatters, self-defense, sewing, shuffleboard, stained glass, and chair volleyball. During various seasons, there is also free income tax help, holiday parties, trips, walking programs and athletics.
The 50+ Centers are Barnett, Dodge, Gillie, Lazelle, Marion Franklin, and Thompson Community Center
Principal Parties:
Franklin County Board of Commissioners
dba Franklin County Office on Aging
280 East Broad St., Room 300
Columbus., OH 43215
Fiscal Impact: The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund's unappropriated balance by $13,974.52.
Emergency Justification: An emergency is being requested so the grant may be accepted and the funds appropriated in time for equipment to be provided before summer programming begins.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and enter into a grant agreement with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, dba Franklin County Office on Aging, in the amount of $13,974.52 for the 50+ Fitness Programs; and to authorize an appropriation of $13,974.52 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($13,974.52)
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WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, dba Franklin County Office on Aging, accepted applications to support the 50+ Fitness Programs at various multi-generational recreation centers; and
WHEREAS, the Director of Recreation and Parks applied for and was awarded a grant to support the 50+ Fitness Programs at various multi-generational recreation centers in the amount of $13,974.52; and
WHEREAS, this grant will enable the department to purchase various pieces of fitness equipment and partner with other health and wellness organizations in order to educate our older citizens so they are able to maintain healthy lifestyles and be in better positions to make sound choices in their lives; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of the Recreation and Parks Department to accept the grant and enter into a grant agreement with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, dba Franklin County Office on Aging, to support the 50+ Fitness Programs; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate $13,974.52 to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to accept and appropriate said grant funds in order to provide adequate time for equipment to be ordered and received before summer programming begins, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant in the amount of $13,974.52 and enter into a grant agreement with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, dba Franklin County Office on Aging, to support the 50+ Fitness Programs.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated, upon receipt of an executed agreement, for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2024, the sum of $13,974.52 and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Recreation and Parks Department grant fund 2283 per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Recreation and Parks, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. That, at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
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 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.