Explanation
BACKGROUND: To address certain public health issues affecting residents on the Southside of Columbus, Columbus Public Health (CPH) has developed the Southside Health and Wellness Navigation Project. The purpose of this Project is to use a holistic approach to help families who are not well connected to health and social services, and are living in crisis mode. CPH will be relying on help from various social service agencies to assist with this initiative.
In April 2012, Community Development for All People, a not-for-profit agency, launched a new, innovative health and wellness initiative called Healthy Eating and Living (HEAL). The purpose of HEAL is to accompany low and moderate income persons as they set health goals and establish action plans to achieve improved health outcomes for themselves and members of their households. This venture has been designed and implemented in collaboration with other partners that include Nationwide Children's Hospital (NCH), United Way, Mid-Ohio Food Bank, The Ohio State University, and Mt. Carmel Health. The unique element of HEAL is offering peer health coaches as one incentive to encourage and sustain involvement by participating households.
While there are many elements that comprise the HEAL Initiative, one is "Cooking classes, food tasting and cooking demonstrations." A demonstration kitchen is being built in the CD4AP ministry center. People will be invited to participate in cooking classes to learn healthy techniques for cooking for their families and to manage their own chronic diseases, and to experience different foods. CD4AP is in need of $45,000 to complete a $195,000 renovation that creates a commercial kitchen at their facility. $150,000 has already been secured for this project. The kitchen is a key component of the Healthy Eating and Living (HEAL) Initiative.
The purpose of this ordinance is to appropriate $45,000 for the Southside Health and Wellness Navigation Project. Funds are available within the City's General Fund for this effort. This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and transfer of $45,000.00 from the General Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund. The ordinance also authorizes the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Community Development for All People for the provision of healthy eating classes to residents.
The Federal ID number for Community Development for All People, a not-for-profit agency, is 51-0476886. This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow this transfer to be completed and the HEAL kitchen renovation to be completed.
FISCAL IMPACT: $45,000.00 is available for this project within the City's General Fund.
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $45,000.00 of appropriation authority within the General Fund, Department of Development; to authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer these funds from the General Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund; to authorize the appropriation of these funds to Columbus Public Health for the Southside Health and Wellness Navigation Project; to authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Community Development for All People for the provision of healthy eating classes to residents; and to declare an emergency. ($45,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health has developed the Southside Health and Wellness Navigation Project to address certain public health issues affecting residents on the Southside of Columbus; and,
WHEREAS, the purpose of this Project is to use a holistic approach to help families who are not well connected to health and social services, and are living in crisis mode; and,
WHEREAS, Community Development for All People (CD4AP), a not-for-profit agency, launched a new, innovative health and wellness initiative called Healthy Eating and Living (HEAL) that supports and directs low and moderate income persons as they set health goals and establish action plans to achieve improved health outcomes for themselves and members of their households; and,
WHEREAS, a demonstration kitchen is being built at the CD4AP facility where residents will participate in cooking classes to learn healthy techniques for cooking for their families and to manage their own chronic diseases, and to experience different foods; and,
WHEREAS, CD4AP is in need of $45,000 to complete a $195,000 renovation that creates a commercial kitchen at their facility and the Board wishes to contract for $45,000 for healthy eating classes for residents of the Southside; and,
WHEREAS, monies are available in the City's General Fund, within the Department of Development budget to fund this new community health project; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to allow the transfer and appropriation of City monies to Columbus Public Health as soon as possible 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 City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to transfer appropriation authority within the General Fund, Department of Development, Division No. 44-01, totaling $45,000 from Obj. Level One - 03, Obj. Level Three - 3337, OCA - 499038 to Obj. Level One - 10, Obj. Level Three - 5501, OCA - 499038.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $45,000.00 from the General Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund, as follows:
From: General Fund, Fund No. 010, Department of Development, Dept. No. 44, OCA 499038, Obj. Level One - 10, Obj. Level Three - 5501.
To: Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, Health Department, Dept 50, OCA 500131, Obj. Level One - 80, Obj. Level Three - 0886.
SECTION 3. That from the unappropriated monies in the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources for the period ending December 31, 2012, the sum of $45,000.00 is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division No. 50-01, Obj. Level One - 03, Obj. Level Three - 3337, OCA: 500131.
SECTION 4. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Community Development for All People for an amount not to exceed $45,000 for the provision of healthy eating classes to City residents from September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013.
SECTION 5. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $45,000 is hereby authorized from the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, Department of Health, Department No. 50-01, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA No. 500131.
SECTION 6. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 3 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 7. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that the financial transactions authorized by this ordinance are properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City's financial records.
SECTION 8. 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.