Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to accept and appropriate $132,000.00 in grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health, with some of the funding originating from the Centers for Disease Control, for the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant, for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025.
The Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Program will increase the readiness of our community to initiate and engage in tobacco control and cessation strategies with an anticipated outcome of creating social norm change to decrease initiation and use of tobacco in local communities (including the initiation of the use of e-cigarettes/vaping products), to increase quitting of tobacco, to decrease the community’s exposure to secondhand smoke, and to decrease disparities in tobacco burden usually associated with health inequities.
Columbus Public Health received the NOA for this grant on June 3, 2024; therefore, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency in order to not delay these critical services and to ensure funds are available by the grant start date of July 1, 2024.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program is fully funded by the Centers for Disease Control and the Ohio Department of Health and does not generate revenue or require a City match ($132,000.00).
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control and any additional funds for the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant Program; to authorize the appropriation of funds, including any additional funds, from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; and to authorize the City Auditor to transfer appropriations between object classes for the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant Program, and to declare an emergency. ($132,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $132,000.00 in grant funds have been made available to Columbus Public Health through the Ohio Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control for the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant Program, for the period of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control for the support of the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant Program; and,
WHEREAS, the City may receive additional funds awarded from the Ohio Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control for the support of the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these additional funds from the Ohio Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control for the support of the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant Program; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to allow the City Auditor to transfer appropriations between object classes for the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation Grant Program as needed upon request by the Columbus Public Health department; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Board of Health to accept and appropriate these grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control to not delay these critical services and to adhere to the grant start date of July 1, 2024, and for the immediate preservation of the public health, property, safety and welfare; and 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 accept a grant award of $132,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Health and Centers for Disease Control for the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation grant program, for the period July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2025.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Health Departments Grants Fund, Fund No. 2251, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the grant period ended June 30, 2025, the sum of $132,000.00 and any available interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to The Health Department, Division 5001, per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
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 the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to accept any additional funds from the Ohio Department of Health and/or Centers for Disease Control for the support of the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation grant program.
SECTION 5. That from the unappropriated monies in the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 2251, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources for the period ending June 30, 2025, any additional awarded funds are to be appropriated in Fund 2251 upon notification of award or executed agreement by the Ohio Department of Health according to the accounting codes provided by Columbus Public Health.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer appropriations between object classes for the FY25 Tobacco Use Prevention and Cessation grant program as needed upon request by the Columbus Public Health department to carry out the purpose of the grant.
SECTION 7. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 8. 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 9. 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.