Explanation
This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to increase the non-profit service contracts with the following non-profit organizations: Licking County Aging Program Inc., LifeCare Alliance, Meals on Wheels- Older Adult Alternatives of Fairfield County, Memorial Hospital of Union County, Pickaway County Commission on Aging, and SourcePoint to provide home-delivered and congregate meal service to Central Ohio older adults for the period July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
The Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) awarded additional American Recuse Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA) in support of additional Title III nutrition services for older adults in Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union counties.
Authorization of said non-profit service contracts was initially approved by Ordinance 1710-2023 on July 10, 2023. This Ordinance will allow COAAA to distribute additional ARPA funds received from ODA to increase the number of home-delivered and congregate meals available to older adults.
Approximately 20,000 individuals are expected to be served.
Principle Party: See attached list of providers.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested so that the allocated funding can be utilized as quickly as possible to provide vital nutrition services to older adults across Central Ohio.
FISCAL IMPACT
This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $776,339.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
A total of $1,273,303.00 was previously paid to Licking County Aging Program Inc., LifeCare Alliance, Meals on Wheels- Older Adult Alternatives of Fairfield County, Memorial Hospital of Union County, Pickaway County Commission on Aging, and SourcePoint to provide home-delivered and congregate meal service to Central Ohio older adults for the period July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. These contracts were initially authorized by Ordinance 1710-2023.
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to increase the non-profit service contracts with six nutrition service providers to distribute home-delivered and congregate meals to older adults across Central Ohio; to authorize the expenditure of up to $776,339.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($776,339.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to increase the non-profit service contracts with the following non-profit organizations: Licking County Aging Program Inc., LifeCare Alliance, Meals on Wheels- Older Adult Alternatives of Fairfield County, Memorial Hospital of Union County, Pickaway County Commission on Aging, and SourcePoint to provide home-delivered and congregate meal service to Central Ohio older adults for the period July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024; and
WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Aging has made additional American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds available to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA) to provide additional nutrition services to older adults in Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union counties; and
WHEREAS, the expenditure of ARPA funding is necessary to help expand nutrition services for older Americans that are needed as a result of the COVID-19 public health emergency; and
WHEREAS, such expenditure of funds has not been previously accounted for in the 2023 Budget; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to increase said contracts to ensure services are delivered to older adults without delay, as funding for services must be utilized by September 30, 2024 all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and is hereby, authorized to increase the non-profit service contracts by the sum of $776,339.00 with Licking County Aging Program Inc., LifeCare Alliance, Meals on Wheels- Older Adult Alternatives of Fairfield County, Memorial Hospital of Union County, Pickaway County Commission on Aging, and SourcePoint to provide home-delivered and congregate meal service to Central Ohio older adults for the period July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $776,339.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 2286, Department No. 51, to pay the cost thereof, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all agreements or agreement modifications associated with this legislation.
SECTION 5. That, for the 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.