Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $120,702 in grant money to fund the Dayton-Columbus HIV Outreach/Prevention grant program.The Dayton-Columbus HIV Outreach/Prevention program will enable the Columbus Health Department to provide outreach services to abusers of illicit drugs in the Columbus Metropolitan Area; to provide voluntary HIV counseling and testing to abusers of illicit drugs; and to conduct behavioral assessments and link them with HIV serostatus.The grant is for the time period of July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004.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. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: This program is entirely funded by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services and will not generate revenue or require a City match.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services for the Dayton-Columbus HIV Outreach/Prevention program, to authorize a total appropriation of $120,702 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, $120,702 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services for the Dayton-Columbus HIV Outreach/Prevention program for the period of July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services for the continued support of the Dayton-Columbus HIV Outreach/Prevention program; 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. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate the funds for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award totaling $120,702 from the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services for the Dayton-Columbus HIV Outreach/Prevention program for the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the twelve months ending December 31, 2003, the sum of $120,702 is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division No. 50, as follows:
Object
OCA Code Grant No. Level 03 Amount
503013 503013 01 Personnel Services $97,573
503013 503013 02 Materials -Op&Maint $12,900
503013 503013 03 Services -Op&Maint $10,229
Total: $120,702
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Health Commissioner, 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. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.