Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Columbus Health Department contracts with Franklin County to provide a comprehensive Rabies Immunization and Control Program, which benefits all citizens of Franklin County. Under the contract, in recognition of the benefits provided to citizens of the City of Columbus, the Health Department reimburses Franklin County for one half of the expenses incurred from the purchase of rabies tags and from the subsequent entry of certificates into the rabies vaccination database by the County's independent contractor, Sage. There has been an increase in the volume of rabies vaccination forms and tags issued and in the number of certificates entered into the database, thereby necessitating an increase in the existing contract between the Health Department and Franklin County. Contract number DE062554 authorized the expenditure of $20,000 for the Rabies Program. The cost of the modification for the program's increased expenses will not exceed $4,000, for a total contract cost of $24,000.
Emergency action is requested to avoid delays in payment for these services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this modification and increase is budgeted in the Health Special Revenue Fund.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to modify and increase a contract with the Franklin County Board of Health to provide additional support for the Rabies Immunization and Control Program, to authorize the expenditure of $4,000 from the Health Special Revenue Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($4,000)
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Health Department currently has a contract with the Franklin County Board of Health, which provides for a comprehensive Rabies Immunization and Control Program; and,
WHEREAS, under the terms of the contract, the Health Department reimburses Franklin County for one half of the costs for the Rabies Program; and,
WHEREAS, there has been an increase in the volume of rabies vaccination forms and tags issued, which has resulted in an increase in the number of certificates entered into the rabies vaccination database by the County's independent contractor; and,
WHEREAS, emergency action is requested to avoid delays in payment to the County for their portion of the expenses for this program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to modify and increase the contract with the Franklin County Board of Health 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 modify and increase Contract DE062554 with the Franklin County Board of Health for an additional amount not to exceed $4,000.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $4,000 is hereby authorized from the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, Department of Health, Division No. 50-01, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3336, OCA Code 501288.
SECTION 3. That this increase in awarded in accordance with Section 329.16 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.