Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has a need to make funds
available to contract with Columbus Medical Association Foundation. The
Columbus Medical Association Foundation is the fiscal agent for the Council
on Healthy Mothers and Babies. The Council will assist in developing needs
assessment and a plan to meet the needs, work on community engagement
activities, and bring in a national consultant to assist the program. The
contract period is June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2006.
Emergency action is required to ensure the continued operation of the
Healthy Start Program.
FISCAL IMPACT: This contract is entirely funded by a grant from the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The program does not
generate revenue or require a City match. The monies are budgeted in the
2005 Health Department Grants Fund.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with the Columbus Medical Association Foundation to provide needs assessment and consultation services for the Healthy Start grant program; to authorize the expenditure of $77,139 from the Health Department Grant Funds to pay the cost thereof, and to declare an emergency, (77,139)
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WHEREAS, funding is available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to contract with the Columbus Medical Association Foundation to provide needs assessment and consultation services for the Healthy Start grant program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contracts with the Columbus Medical Association Foundation 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 contract with the Columbus Medical Association Foundation for needs assessment and consultation services for the Healthy Start grant program for the period June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2006.
SECTION 2. That to pay the costs of said contracts, the expenditure of $77,139 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Health Department, Division 50-01, Grant No. 505017, OCA Code 505017, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337.
SECTION 3. That these contract is awarded in accordance with Sections 329.02 of the Columbus City Code.
SECTION 4. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.