Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health was awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program for the period October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011. The WIC budget provides a total amount of $197,761.54 for the lease of real property to be used as clinic space for the WIC Program.
Property Owner Number of sq ft Price Per Sq Ft. Contract Compliance
PLM Company 3,145 $10.76 311416454
Jane Setterlin 2,520 $11.23 287323903
Masjid-As-Salaamah Inc. 2,900 $14.20 271806090
77-83 Outerbelt 2,860 $12.50 200344671
Holt Run Center, LLC 3,600 $14.00 202645096
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services.
Fiscal Impact The lease payments cited above are entirely funded by the WIC grant. This grant does not generate revenue or require a City match.
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To authorize and direct the Department of Finance and Management to renew five existing lease contracts, for the lease of clinic space for the WIC program, for the period of October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011, to authorize a total expenditure of $185,268.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($185,268.00)
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WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Health has designated the Columbus Health Department as primary grantee agency and fund administrator for all WIC programs in Franklin County; and,
WHEREAS, the City desires, for the benefit of the Department of Health, to renew five lease contracts for the rental of real property, in order to provide services for the Women, Infants and Children program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Health in that it is immediately necessary to renew five existing lease agreements, in order to allow the WIC clinic to continue offering program services to the community as quickly 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 Director of the Finance and Management Department is hereby authorized and directed to renew five existing leases, for the provision of rental space for WIC clinics for the period October 1, 2010 through September 30, 2011.
SECTION 2. That to pay the costs of said contracts, the expenditure of $185,268.00 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Division No. 50-01, as follows:
Object Object
Property Owner OCA Level 01 Level 03 Amount
PLM Company 501059 03 3301 $33,840.00
Jane Setterlin 501059 03 3301 $28,298.00
Masjid-As-
Salaamah Inc 501059 03 3301 $41,180.00
77-83 Outerbelt 501059 03 3301 $35,750.00
Holt Run Center 501059 03 3301 $46,200.00
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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.