Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Greater Columbus Infant Mortality Task Force under the CelebrateOne initiative seeks to establish infant safe sleep practices as a community social norm and to develop a coordinated community process for ensuring high-risk families have a crib and car seat. Columbus Public Health will contract with Community Research Partners to establish a unified plan to assess the needs for providing portable cribs and car seats to all high-risk residents who need them and to meet the deliverables as set forth by the CelebrateOne initiative.
This ordinance authorizes and directs the Board of Health to enter into a $50,000.00 contract with Community Research Partners for the period of December 21, 2015 through November 30, 2016. These services were advertised through vendor services (SA006118) according to bidding requirements of the City Code. The contract compliance number for Community Research Partners is 31-1690992 and is good through January 24, 2016.
Emergency action is requested in order to immediately begin services to meet the recommendations set forth by the CelebrateOne initiatives.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds have been budgeted from the Health Special Revenue Fund.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into contract with Community Research Partners to establish a unified plan to assess the needs for providing cribs and car seats to all high-risk residents who are in need as recommended by the Greater Columbus Infant Mortality Task Force under the CelebrateOne initiative; to authorize the expenditure of $50,000.00 from the Health Special Revenue Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Board of Health wishes to contract with Community Research Partners to provide a unified community plan to assess the needs for providing portable cribs and car seats to all high-risk residents in need; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to enter into this contract to address the goals set forth to reduce infant mortality and 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 enter into a contract with Community Research Partners for the period of December 21, 2015 through November 30, 2016, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said contract the expenditure of $50,000.00 is hereby authorized from the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, Health Department, Division 50-01, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA Code - 501618.
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 and is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
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.