Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health (CPH) has been awarded a grant from Communicate Health to implement the Move Your Way community pilot program. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $34,400.00 in grant monies to fund the Move Your Way grant program for the period of December 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020.
In 2018, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (ODPHP) created the Move Your Way campaign to promote the second edition of the Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans. ODPHP is developing an implementation strategy and engaging with select communities to replicate the pilot program prioritizing physical activity relating to youth sports and maternal health. CPH will serve as the lead agency in our community to implement the pilot program in coordination with Communicate Health.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so a delay in service does not occur since the grant begins December 1, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Move Your Way grant program is fully funded ($34,400.00) by Communicate Health and does not require a City match.
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To authorize the Board of Health to accept a grant from Communicate Health for the Move Your Way grant program in the amount of $34,400.00; to authorize the appropriation of $34,400.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department’s Private Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($34,400.00)
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WHEREAS, $34,400.00 in grant funds have been made available through Communicate Health for the Move Your Way grant program for the period of December 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from Communicate Health for the support of the Move Your Way grant program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to accept these grant funds from Communicate Health to meet deliverables and to appropriate these funds to Columbus Public Health for the immediate preservation of the public health, property, safety and welfare, and to avoid delay in client services; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized to accept a grant award of $34,400.00 from Communicate Health for the Move Your Way grant program for the period of December 1, 2019 through September 30, 2020.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Health Department's Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 2291, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the grant period, the sum of $34,400.00 and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division No. 5001, as indicated in the ordinance attachment.
SECTION 3. That 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 4. 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 5. 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 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.