Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Columbus Health Department has been awarded a grant from the Kids In Different Systems agency. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $680,208.00 in grant money to fund the Help Me Grow grant program for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
The Help Me Grow program provides home visits to mothers with newborns in Franklin County and service coordination for families with children aged 0-3 that are at risk or developmentally disabled in central Ohio.
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 given the grant start date of July 1, 2006. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program is funded by Kids In Different Systems and does not generate revenue.
Title
To authorize and direct the Columbus Health Department to accept a grant from Kids In Different Systems in the amount of $680,208.00; to authorize the appropriation of $680,208.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($680,208.00)
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WHEREAS, $680,208.00 in grant funds have been made available through Kids In Different Systems for the Help Me Grow 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 this grant from Kids In Different Systems and to appropriate these funds to the Health Department 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 Columbus Health Department is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award of $680,208.00 from Kids In Different Systems for the Help Me Grow program for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.
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 June 30, 2007, the sum of $680,208 is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division No. 50, as follows:
Grant: 506046 OCA: 506046 Object Level 1: 01 Amount: $194,787
Grant: 506046 OCA: 506046 Object Level 1: 03 Amount: $ 16,100
Grant: 506146 OCA: 506146 Object Level 1: 01 Amount: $444,333
Grant: 506146 OCA: 506146 Object Level 1: 02 Amount: $ 1,000
Grant: 506146 OCA: 506146 Object Level 1: 03 Amount: $ 23,988
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.