Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded the Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment grant from the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health (ADAMH) Board of Franklin County, for the Alcohol and Drug Services (ADS) Division. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $55,992.54 in grant money for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
In 2022, Columbus Public Health’s Alcohol & Drug Services (ADS) team was a recipient of the Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) grant. The purpose of this grant was to provide outreach throughout Columbus to link and support individuals who abuse, misuse and/or are diagnosed with alcohol use disorder and/or substance use disorder. Staff under this grant engaged people that needed assistance linking to treatment and recovery services. Although the grant ended on March 14, 2023, carryover funds were allowed for an additional year and will be used to provide engagement supplies at summer Walk in for Recovery events. Supplies will include things such as birth certificates and bus passes to remove barriers to them seeking services. The population of focus remains adults that misuse alcohol and other substances.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency as the grant period began January 1, 2023 and as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible to expend the awarded funds and achieve the grant outcomes within the timeframe and deadlines of the grant as the grant was awarded in the updated Contract Year (KY) 2023 Planned Allocation Summary issued by the ADAMH Board of Franklin County on April 18, 2023.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment grant is fully funded by the ADAMH Board of Franklin County and does not require a City match.
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To authorize the Board of Health to accept a grant from the ADAMH Board of Franklin County in the amount of $55,992.54; to authorize the appropriation of $55,992.54 to the Health Department in the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($55,992.54)
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WHEREAS, $55,992.54 in grant funds have been made available by the ADAMH Board of Franklin County for the Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment grant program for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the ADAMH Board of Franklin County for the continued support of the Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment grant program; and
WHEREAS, the City may receive additional funds awarded from the ADAMH Board of Franklin County for the support of the Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment grant program; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to allow the City Auditor to transfer appropriations between object classes for the Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment grant program as needed upon request by the Columbus Public Health department.; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director of the Department of Health to accept and appropriate grant funds from the ADAMH Board of Franklin County in order to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible to expend the awarded funds and achieve the grant outcomes within the timeframe and deadlines of the grant as the grant was awarded in the updated Contract Year (KY) 2023 Planned Allocation Summary issued by the ADAMH Board of Franklin County on April 18, 2023, such immediate action being necessary 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 accept funding of $55,992.54 from the ADAMH Board of Franklin County for the Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment grant program for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
SECTION 2. The auditor’s office is authorized to adjust appropriations to match current awarded amounts per the attached template and authorized to adjust appropriations as required for future award amount changes from the grantor in the Health Department's Grants Fund, Fund No. 2251, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the grant period, the sum of $55,992.54 and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division No. 5001, according to the attached accounting document.
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 upon voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. That, 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 5. 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 6. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to accept any additional grant awards from the ADAMH Board of Franklin County for the Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment grant program for the period of January 1, 2023 through December 31, 2023.
SECTION 7. That from the unappropriated monies and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 any additional awarded funds are appropriated in Fund 2251 according to notification of award or grant agreement by the grantor.
SECTION 8. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer appropriations between object classes for the Alcohol Use Disorder (AUD) Treatment grant program as needed upon request by the Columbus Public Health department.
SECTION 9. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby 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.