Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Columbus Health Department and the Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc., (CNHC) have collaborated to provide the services of a Community Dental Program Director. Under this revenue contract, the Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. will reimburse The Columbus Health Department for fifty percent (50%) of the time provided by the Community Dental Program Director to the department through its Family Dental Clinic.
Emergency action is requested to ensure timely reimbursement to The Columbus Health Department.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. will reimburse The Columbus Health Department for the services provided by the Community Dental Program Director. The revenue from the Columbus Neighborhood Health Center will be deposited into the Health Department Special Revenue Fund.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a revenue contract with the Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc., to provide the services of a Community Dental Program Director in an amount not to exceed $74,232; and to declare an emergency. ($74,232)
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc., has a need to ensure that dental health care services continue to be provided to individuals and families in Columbus; and,
WHEREAS, the Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc., and the Columbus Board of Health have entered into an affiliation agreement to provide comprehensive community dental health services to individuals and families living in Columbus; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of The Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a revenue contract with the Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. to ensure timely reimbursement to The Columbus 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 Board of Health is hereby authorized to enter into a revenue contract with the Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc., for the provision of a Community Dental Program Director, in an amount not to exceed $74,232, for the period of April 1, 2008 through March 31, 2009.
SECTION 2. 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.