Title
To authorize and direct the transfer and appropriation of $20,000.00 within the General Fund to provide funds for pharmaceutical and medical supplies purchases; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
Explanation
BACKGROUND This ordinance authorizes the transfer and appropriation of $20,000.00 within the General Fund to provide funds for pharmaceutical and medical supplies purchases. Funds were set aside under Object 10 specifically for these purchases.
Bid Information: N/A
Contract Compliance: N/A
Emergency Designation: This legislation is to be considered an emergency measure since it is imperative that additional funds be provided in Object 02 so that the Division of Fire can purchase the aforementioned supplies.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is sufficient appropriation within Object 10 of the Finance Department's General Fund allocation to accommodate this transfer of funds.
Body
WHEREAS, funds were set aside under Object 10 of the Finance Department for the purchase of pharmaceutical and medical supplies for the Division of Fire; and
WHEREAS, these funds need to be transferred and appropriated within the General Fund where they can be expended for the aforementioned purpose; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire, in that it is immediately necessary to transfer funds for the aforementioned purpose for the 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 City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $20,000.00 within the General Fund, Fund 010, as follows:
Transfer From Dept./Div. #45-01 Finance Department; Object Level 1 10; Object Level 3 5501; OCA 904508; $20,000.00.
Transfer To Dept./Div. #30-04 Fire Division; Object Level 1 02; Object Level 3 2207; OCA 301531; $20,000.00.
Section 2. That for the 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.