Explanation
BACKGROUND:
The Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging of the Recreation and Parks Department was awarded federal and state grants from the Ohio Department of Aging for the continuation of services to older adults in the Central Ohio area including Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and Union Counties.
This legislation authorizes 30 community services contracts for the provision of meals, adult day care, homemaker, personal care, transportation, home repair and legal services for the period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015.
The service providers were selected from proposals submitted to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging in 2013, and these contracts represent the second year of a four-year proposal period. Approximately 40,000 individuals are expected to be served.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested in order to have the contracts in place by January, 2015, as stipulated in the grant requirements, so there is no interruption of services to older adults.
This ordinance is contingent on the passage of appropriation Ordinance No. 1923-2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$6,725,000.00 is required and budgeted from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to meet the financial obligation of these contracts.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contracts with 30 community agencies to provide social and nutrition services to older adults in Central Ohio during 2015; to authorize the expenditure of $6,725,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($6,725,000.00)
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WHEREAS, funding to enter into contract with community agencies to provide social and nutrition services to older adults in Central Ohio during 2015 was made available to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said contracts to avoid interruption of services to older adults, thereby preserving 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 Recreation and Parks be and he is hereby authorized and directed to enter into 30 contracts for the provision of social and nutrition services to older adults in Central Ohio from January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015 with the following community agencies:
American Red Cross (Franklin)
CAO of Delaware, Madison, Union Counties
CAC of Fayette County
Catholic Social Services (Franklin and Licking)
Carol Strawn Center (Licking)
Community Resource Center (Franklin)
Council for Older Adults (Delaware)
Easter Seals (Area-wide)
Employment for Seniors (Franklin)
FairHope (Fairfield)
Fayette County Commissioners
Franklin County Commissioners - Franklin County Office on Aging
Harmony Information Systems (Area-wide)
Heritage Day Health Center (Franklin)
Interim Health Care (Fayette, Madison, Union)
LEADS (Licking)
Legal Aid Society (Delaware, Franklin, Madison, Union)
Licking County Aging Program
LifeCare Alliance (Franklin and Madison)
Madison County Senior Center
Meals on Wheels-Older Adult Alternatives of Fairfield County
Memorial Hospital of Union County
Ohio State Legal (Fairfield, Pickaway, Licking, Fayette)
PICCA (Pickaway)
Pickaway County Commission on Aging
Salvation Army (Fairfield)
Senior Independence (Franklin)
Union County Senior Services
Union County Aging Transportation Service
Village Connections (Franklin)
Section 2. That these contracts are awarded pursuant to Section 329.15 of Columbus City Codes.
Section 3. That to pay the cost of said contracts, the expenditure of $6,725,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 286, Department No. 51, Object Level Three 3337, to pay the cost thereof as follows:
Grant Title: Title IIIB, Project No. 518301, OCA Code: 514505, Amount: $2,100,000.00
Grant Title: Title IIIC/NSIP, Project No. 518303, OCA Code: 514513, Amount: $3,100,000.00
Grant Title: Senior Block Grant, Project No. 518315, OCA Code: 514539, Amount: $600,000.00
Grant Title: Long-Term Care Ombudsman, Project No. 518308, OCA Code: 514547, Amount: $300,000.00
Grant Title: Title IIIE, Project No. 518307, OCA Code: 518307, Amount: $625,000.00
TOTAL: $6,725,000.00
Section 4. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
Section 5. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this legislation.
Section 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part thereof, 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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.