TO AMEND SECTION I, 2021 ORIGINAL APPROPRIATION ORDINANCE NO. 4925, AND ANY EXISTING SUPPLEMENTS THERETO, TO PROVIDE FOR THE APPROPRIATION OF:

• 1. AN ADDITIONAL AMOUNT OF $257,730 TO BE EXPENDED FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE RECYCLING CENTER; AND
• 2. AN AMOUNT OF $257,730 TO BE TRANSFERRED FROM THE GENERAL FUND TO THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT FUND;

FOR THE CITY OF OAKWOOD, STATE OF OHIO, DURING THE FISCAL YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2021.

WHEREAS, the Public Works Department has been developing a plan to relocate and make significant updates to the city’s 24/7 public-access recycling center, a project originally planned for 2022; and

WHEREAS, the Public Works Department capitalized on a grant funding opportunity through the Montgomery County Solid Waste District; and

WHEREAS, city staff applied for a District Incentive Grant for this project and was recently informed that the city will be awarded $72,000, the highest single amount being awarded to any community under this year’s District Incentive Grant program, in recognition of the city’s commitment to recycling; and

WHEREAS the grant amounts to about 28% of the $257,730 project cost, but is conditioned upon the project taking place in 2021; and

WHEREAS, Council believes it is financially prudent to schedule the project for 2021 in order to take advantage of this opportunity, which represents a significant savings to the citizens of Oakwood; and

WHEREAS, this supplemental appropriation will authorize an additional amount of $257,730 to be expended from the Capital Improvement Fund, and transfer of $257,730 from the city’s General Fund to the Capital Improvement Fund, which will be utilized to relocate and update the city’s 24/7 public-access recycling center;

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF OAKWOOD, STATE OF OHIO, THAT:

SECTION I.

To provide for the current expenses and other expenditures of the said city of Oakwood during the period commencing January 1, 2021 and ending December 31, 2021, the following revised sums shall be and they are hereby set aside and appropriated as follows, with added material in bold type and deleted material in strike-through type:

SECTION II.

The Director of Finance is hereby authorized to draw warrants for payments from any of the foregoing appropriations upon receiving proper certificates and vouchers therefore, approved by this ordinance of Council to make the expenditures; provided that no warrants shall be drawn or paid for salaries or wages except to persons employed by authority of and in accordance with law or ordinance.