Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has been awarded $977,878.00 in grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Child and Family Health Services (CFHS) Perinatal Program for the period July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004. The Health Department has a need to make funds available for the CFHS program to provide for comprehensive pediatric care from Children's Hospital.Children's Hospital has a continuous history of providing comprehensive pediatric care under the Child and Family Health Services Perinatal Program. Many of the children seen in the perinatal program are indigent, uninsured and in need of a high level of pediatric care, and it is necessary that they be provided access to comprehensive pediatric care to insure optimal childhood development.A request is made to waive the provisions of competitive bidding. Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this expenditure is provided with Grant Funds from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $586,433.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Children's Hospital for the provision of comprehensive pediatric care for the perinatal program; to authorize the expenditure of $586,433 from the Health Department Grants Fund; to waive the provisions for competitive bidding; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Health Department has a need for Children's Hospital to provide comprehensive pediatric care services for the perinatal program for the period of July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004, and,
WHEREAS, Children's Hospital has the expertise and has had a long history of providing comprehensive pediatric care services to patients in the Child and Family Health Services Perinatal Program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into this contract 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 enter into a contract with Children's Hospital to provide comprehensive pediatric care services for the period of July 1, 2003 through June 30, 2004, in an amount not to exceed $586,433.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $586,433 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Department of Health, Department No. 50, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3351, Grant No. 503018, OCA Code 503018.
SECTION 3. That the provisions of the Columbus City Code, Section 329.02 are hereby met.
SECTION 4. That the provisions of Columbus City Code, Sections 329.11 and 329.12, dealing with competitive bidding, are hereby waived.
SECTION 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that this contract is properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City's financial records.
SECTION 6. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby 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.