Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Columbus Health Department has received a $200 grant award from the Columbus Foundation to help fund innovative "green" initiatives. The grant is from the Teresa Long and Thomas Denune Family Fund of the Columbus Foundation and is intended to honor 175 years of Columbus Public Health's excellence in care and protection. The purpose of this legislation is to accept and appropriate these funds for the period May 1, 2008 through April 30, 2009.
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 postings promote accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Innovative "Green" Initiatives Grant is intended to enhance or supplement the efforts of Health Department programs. This grant will not generate any revenues and does not require match monies from the City.
Title
To authorize and direct the Columbus Board of Health to accept a grant award from the Columbus Foundation in the amount of $200 for innovative "green" initiatives, to authorize the appropriation of $200 from the Private Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($200)
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WHEREAS, $200 in grant funds have been made available from the Teresa Long and Thomas Denune Family Fund of the Columbus Foundation to honor 175 years of Columbus Public Health's excellence in care and protection, for the period May 1, 2008 through April 30, 2009; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Columbus Foundation for the support of innovative "green" initiatives at Columbus Public Health; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow for 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 Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept these grant funds from the Columbus Foundation and to appropriate these monies 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 Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to accept grant monies totaling $200 from the Columbus Foundation for innovative "green" initiatives at the Health Department for the period May 1, 2008 through April 30, 2009.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the fund known as the Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 291, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the 12 months ending December 31, 2008, the sum of $200 is hereby appropriated to the Department of Health, Department No. 50-01, as follows:
OCA: 508299 Grant No.: 508299 Obj. Level One: 02 Amount: $ 200
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 monies 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 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.