Label
DPYS Accepting $5,000 from the ServeOhio Service Learning Institute for Youth Programming
Parks and Youth Services
Stephanie Covington (x2668) Joe Fausnaugh (x3884)
Revised
Title
Authorizing the Mayor to accept a grant from the ServeOhio Service Learning Institute in the amount of $5,000 to support youth engagement; authorizing the deposit, appropriation and expenditure of $5,000 in the Operation Grants Fund for the program; declaring an emergency.
Body
SUMMARY & BACKGROUND:
The City of Toledo, Division of Educational Engagement and Workforce Development has been awarded funding from the ServeOhio Service Learning Institute to support youth programming. The grant award comes as part of Dr. Covington’s selection to participate in 2025-26 Service Learning Institute cohort. The grant funding will be used to support the Seeds to Service program through which middle school students will grow and process herbs into wellness products such as teas, scrubs, and balms while gaining skills in entrepreneurship, environmental literacy, and workforce readiness. The project also engages families through educational workshops and gives back to the community by donating products to local shelters, empowering students to serve as modern-day changemakers.
Summary
NOW THEREFORE Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Toledo:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor is authorized to accept and deposit a grant from the ServeOhio Service Learning Institute in the amount of $5,000 to support youth programming into the Operation Grants Fund Account Code 2016-40300-7G02028STDSTD.
SECTION 2. That the appropriation of $5,000 is authorized from the unappropriated grant proceeds of the Operation Grants Fund to Account Code 2016-40300-7G02028STDSTD and the expenditure of same is authorized for youth programming.
SECTION 3. That the Finance Department is authorized to draw warrant or warrants against the Account Codes above in an amount not to exceed $5,000 in payment of the above-authorized obligations upon presentation of the proper voucher or vouchers.
SECTION 4. That this Ordinance, being an emergency measure, shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage. The reason for the emergency lies in the fact that the Ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, safety, and property and for the further reason that this Ordinance must be immediately effective to timely receipt and deposit the grant funds.
Vote on emergency clause: yeas 11, nays 0.
Passed: November 5, 2025, as an emergency measure: yeas 11, nays 0.
Attest:
Julie A. Gibbons Vanice S. Williams
Clerk of Council President of Council
Approved: November 6, 2025
Wade Kapszukiewicz
Mayor