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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2019-OR-51 ORDINANCE NO. 2019-OR-51 BEFORE THE COMMON COUNCIL FOR THE CITY OF JEFFERSONVILLE, INDIANA AN ORDINANCE ESTABLISHING A NON-REVERTING FUND FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING AIDE TO NON-PROFIT ORGANZIATIONS FOR ADDRESSING NEEDS AND SERVICES FOR JEFFERSONVILLE HOMELESS ASSISTANCE WHEREAS, the City of Jeffersonville (the "City") believes that it is in the best interest of the community to provide financial assistance to those non-profit organizations whose purpose is to provide assistance to those persons who are facing homelessness and other challenges; and; WHEREAS, the City desires to provide funding as contemplated by Ordinance Number 2019-OR-36; and; WHEREAS, it is economically desirable to create a non-reverting fund for deposit, expenditure and disbursement of funds designated for the purposes described in the Ordinance set forth in the penultimate paragraph and with those additional restrictions set forth in this Non-Reverting Fund; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED by the Common Council of the City of Jeffersonville, Indiana, as follows: 1. That a special non-reverting operating fund is hereby established for the purpose of receiving and holding funds for those purposes set forth in Ordinance Number 2019-OR-36 and monies may be expended from this fund only upon the filing of a proper request as set forth below and upon approval of the City Council upon a presentation of a proper claim in issuance of a warrant for payment by the Controller after appropriation and approval by the Common Council. 2. Any applicant must be a 501(c)(3), or (c)(4) non-profit organization; 3. The applicant must complete an application form as prescribed by the Council, as Attached Exhibit "A", and made a part hereto by reference. The application must be submitted to the Jeffersonville City Clerk's Office at the Jeffersonville City Hall no later than May 1st and September 1st of any calendar year for funding; 2019-OR-51 ,oi 9- oR-S/ 4. The applicant must be in existence and operating for at least twelve (12) months prior to the application for the donation; 5. The applicant must demonstrate that it has provided direct delivery of services to residents of the City within the year prior to their submittal of the application; 6. No donation will be given for an activity that the City could not independently engage. 7. The donation and activities it supports must primarily benefit those individuals and families that reside within of the City of Jeffersonville. 8. The donation MUST BE utilized within the City limits of Jeffersonville. 9. Specific projects, benefits, or line items must be presented in the application, the monies allocated can only be used for those projects, benefits or line items as they were presented to the Council in the application form. Donations made to organizations may not be used to fund personnel salaries or operating expenses. 10.All receipts and expenditures must be available for review at any time by the Council. A representative of the organization must be available for questioning if requested by the City Council at any time during the fiscal year in which the funding was donated. 11.The City WILL NOT donate to any organization that engages in any political activity, event, race or campaign or which routinely engages in lobbying legislative bodies. 12.The City WILL NOT donate to any organization listed as a hate crimes organization. 13. Upon the change of any condition required herein during the time between the application and disbursal by the City, the City reserves the right to cancel the donation or allow the organization 30 days to come back into compliance. 2019-OR-51 a0i9-oR-Sl SECTION TWO REVIEW OF APPLICATION 14.The City Council shall schedule a review of applications received, either at a regularly scheduled Council meeting or at a Special Meeting scheduled for the specific purpose. The City Council in its sole and exclusive discretion, shall determine which organizations are eligible for funding. At this meeting the City Council shall establish a total dollar amount to be disbursed for the purpose of funding the approved applicants. The City Council at its discretion may fund any organization to a full, partial or zero- dollar amount. 15.That the Common Council is hereby required to use the Non-Reverting Fund to the extent and in the manner allowed by law and ONLY costs and expenditures directly related to those NEEDS AND SERVICES ADDRESSING JEFFERSONVILLE HOMELESSNESS ASSISTANCE. This Ordinance shall be in full force and effect from and after its passage and approval. VOT D YES: VOTED NO: firA (--1,„ ATTEST: \ Vicki Conlin, City Clerk '►' L i5A GI I I Vice-P~es.i 6 en-I- 2019-OR-51 0/9-oR-s! ORDINANCE No. 2019-OR- / presented by me as Clerk to the Mayor of said City of Jeffe s m. on this day of c oo,ber- , 2019. Vicki Conlin, City Clerk ORDINANCE No. 201-OR- approved and sig -• by mz at m. on this day of , 2019. Mike Moore, Mayor ORDINANCE No. 2019-OR- vetoed by me at m. on this day of , 2019. Mike Moore, Mayor 2019-OR-51