Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Columbus Health Department has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $136,000.00 in grant money to fund the Safe Communities grant program.
The Safe Communities program provides expanded traffic prevention services through the dissemination of safety awareness information and education forums throughout Columbus and Franklin County.
This grant is for the period October 1, 2006 through September 30, 2007.
Emergency action is requested to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: This program is entirely funded by the Ohio Department of Public Safety and does not generate revenue or require a City match.
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To authorize and direct the Columbus Health Department to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety in the amount of $136,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $136,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($136,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $136,000 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Public Safety; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety and to appropriate these funds to the Health Department 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 Columbus Health Department is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award of $136,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Public Safety for the Safe Communities grant program for the period October 1, 2006, through September 30, 2007.
SECTION 2. That from the monies in the Fund known as the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources during the twelve months ending December 31, 2007, the sum of $136,000 is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division No. 50-01, as follows:
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OCA Grant # Level One Purpose Amount
506024 506024 01 Personnel Services $117,755 506024 506024 02 Materials-Operation & Maint. $ 2,000
506024 506024 03 Services-Operation & Maint. $ 16,245
Total for Grant No. 506024 $136,000
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Health Commissioner, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
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.