Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance number 1384-2017, approved by City Council on June 5, 2017, authorized the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Franklin County Public Health in the amount of $191,373.28 to maintain a Public Health Emergency Preparedness/Emergency Response System in the event of bioterrorism activities in Central Ohio. Additional funds have been made available by the Ohio Department of Health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness for the increase of this contract ending June 30, 2018.
This ordinance is needed to increase contract PO068478 in the amount of $8,234.22 for the total contract amount not to exceed $199,607.50 for a time period ending June 30, 2018 with Franklin County Public Health.
The Office of Emergency Preparedness writes and maintains the Columbus Public Health Emergency Response Plan. This Plan contains over 50 planning annexes such as infectious disease response and environmental health hazard response and mitigation plans covering the Columbus and Worthington jurisdictions.
Emergency action is requested for this contract modification in order to ensure that deliverables for the emergency preparedness activities can be completed prior to the end day of June 30, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant budget provides $199.607.50 for a contract with Franklin County Public Health. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of Ordinance 3308-2017.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to modify an existing contract with Franklin County Public Health for emergency preparedness activities through June 30, 2018; to authorize the expenditure of $8,234.22 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($8,234.22)
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WHEREAS, $8,234.22 in additional funds are needed for the continued work with emergency preparedness activities in Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify contract PO068478 with Franklin County Public Health by increasing an existing contract; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is being submitted as an emergency measure so that deliverables can be completed prior to the grant end date of June 30, 2018; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Board to modify a contract with Franklin County Public Health, PO068478, 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 modify, by increasing, contract PO068478 with Franklin County Public Health by $8,234.22, for a new total contract amount not to exceed $199,607.50.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $8,234.22 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No.2251, Health Department, Division 50-01, per the accounting codes attached 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 contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 5. 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.