City of Columbus - File #: 1222-2006

• File #: 1222-2006
• Version: 2
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/27/2006
• In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 9/18/2006
• Final action: 9/20/2006
• Title: To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with The Ohio State University for the provision of high risk perinatal care services; to authorize the expenditure of $150,000 from the Health Department Grants Fund; to waive the provisions for competitive bidding. ; and to declare an emergency. ($150,000)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
9/20/2006	2	MAYOR	Signed
9/20/2006	2	CITY CLERK	Attest
9/18/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Taken from the Table	Pass
9/18/2006	2	Columbus City Council	Amended to 30 day	Pass
9/18/2006	2	Columbus City Council	Approved as Amended	Pass
9/18/2006	2	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/11/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Tabled to Certain Date	Pass
8/30/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/30/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
8/30/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
8/29/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
8/29/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/29/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
8/28/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/28/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/28/2006	1	Finance - Purchasing Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
8/28/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
8/23/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/30/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/30/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
6/30/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/29/2006	1	HEALTH DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/28/2006	1	Health Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/27/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND:      The Board of Health has been awarded grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Child and Family Health Services (CFHS) Perinatal Program for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007.   The Health Department has a need to make funds available for the CFHS program to provide for high risk perinatal services from The Ohio State University.

The Ohio State University has a continuous relationship of providing high risk perinatal care services under the Child and Family Health Services Perinatal Program.  Many women seen in the perinatal program are high-risk and uninsured patients, and it is necessary that they be provided access to this specialized service.

A request is made to waive the provisions of competitive bidding.

Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services.

FISCAL IMPACT:        Funding for this expenditure is provided with Grant Funds from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $150,000.

Title

To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with The Ohio State University for the provision of high risk perinatal care services; to authorize the expenditure of $150,000 from the Health Department Grants Fund; to waive the provisions for competitive bidding. ; and to declare an emergency.  ($150,000)

Body

WHEREAS,      the Board of Health has a need for The Ohio State University to provide high risk perinatal care services in Franklin County for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, and,

WHEREAS,      The Ohio State University has the expertise and has had a long history of providing high risk perinatal care services to patients in the Child and Family Health Services Perinatal Program; now, therefore and,

      WHEREAS,      an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into this contract for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and to avoid any delays in providing services; 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 enter into a contract with The Ohio State University to provide high risk perinatal care services for the period of July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007, in an amount not to exceed $150,000.

SECTION 2.  That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $150,000 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Department of Health, Department No. 50, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3351, Grant No. 506018, OCA Code 506018.

SECTION 3.      That the provisions of the Columbus City Code, Section 329.02 are hereby met.

SECTION 4.      That the provisions of Columbus City Code, Section 329.12, dealing with competitive bidding, are hereby waived.

SECTION 5.  That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that this contract is properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City's financial records.

SECTION 6.      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.  That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.