This ordinance authorizes the City Clerk to enter into an advance payment grant agreement with United Way of Central Ohio, Inc. to support the Thanksgiving Back 2026 event. It also authorizes the expenditure of $20,000 from the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund for reasonable food and non-alcoholic beverage expenses. The ordinance was passed as an emergency measure.

To authorize the City Clerk to enter into an advance payment grant agreement with United Way of Central Ohio, Inc., a not-for-profit entity, in support of Thanksgiving Back 2026; to authorize the expenditure of $20,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives subfund; to authorize the expenditure of funds for the payment of reasonable food and non-alcoholic beverage expenses; and to declare an emergency ($20,000.00)