Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Office of CelebrateOne has been awarded funds from the Central Ohio Hospital Council on behalf of Ohio Better Birth Outcomes for $100,000.00 for the time period of July 1, 2022 through June 30, 2024. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $100,000.00 in grant money to support the operational capacity of CelebrateOne.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program activity is funded by the Central Ohio Hospital Council, on behalf of Ohio Better Birth Outcomes and does not generate revenue nor require a City match. Private Grant Fund 2291
Title
To authorize and direct the Office of CelebrateOne to accept funds from the Central Ohio Hospital Council on behalf of Ohio Better Birth Outcomes, in the amount of $100,000.00 to support operational capacity of CelebrateOne; and to authorize the appropriation of $100,000.00 to the City's Private Grants Fund 2291. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $100,000.00 in grant funds have been made available to the Office of CelebrateOne through the Central Ohio Hospital Council, on behalf of Ohio Better Birth Outcomes; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible to meet grant deliverables; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Office of CelebrateOne that it is necessary to authorize the acceptance of this grant from the Central Ohio Hospital Council on behalf of Ohio Better Birth Outcomes, and to appropriate these funds to the Office of CelebrateOne, for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, and safety; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Office of CelebrateOne is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award of $100,000.00 from the Central Ohio Hospital Council on behalf of the Ohio Better Birth Outcomes collaborative for the time period of July 1, 2022-June 30, 2024.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Fund known as the City's Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 2291, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the grant period, the sum of $100,000.00, and any eligible interest earned during the grant period, is hereby appropriated upon receipt of an executed grant agreement in Fund 2291, to the Office of CelebrateOne, Division No. 40-05, per the accounting codes attached to this ordinance
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Office of the Mayor, 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. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated 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 the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 7. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.