Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Office of the Mayor to modify three contracts to provide additional funding in the amount of $35,500.00 as outlined below with the current contract term dates of December 31, 2018. The modifications are needed for continued formal education and certification for Community Health Workers as part of the deliverables in the CelebrateOne Community Connector Corps Project. This will allow the community based partners, MOMS2B and Community Development for All People to increase the number of hours for the Connectors to work in their communities.
Contract Additional Funding Amount Contract End Date .
The Ohio State University training $29,000.00 12/31/2018
The Ohio State University MOMS2B $3,000.00 12/31/2018
Community Development for All People $3,500.00 12/31/2018
$35,500.00
The Ohio State University's College of Nursing provides expertise to train and prepare the certification of Community Health Workers for the CelebrateOne Connector Corps Program. Both MOMS2B and Community Development for All People provide paid internships for the Community Connectors.
The Ohio State University College of Nursing Contract Compliance No. is 31-6025986
Community Development for All People Contract Compliance No. 51-0476886.
MOMS2B is part of The Ohio State University
Emergency action is requested for these contract modifications in order to continue providing trained health care workers as part of the Celebrateone initiative.
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To authorize the Office of the Mayor to modify three existing contracts to provide training and certification to Community Health Workers for the CelebrateOne Community Connector Corps Project through December 31, 2018; to authorize the expenditure of $35,500.00 from the City’s Private Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($35,500.00)
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WHEREAS, $35,500.00 in additional funds are needed for the continuation of training and certification for Community Health Workers; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify three contracts by increasing the contract amount so that the needed training and certification services can be provided to Community Health Workers in connection with the City’s CelebrateOne program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Mayor to modify three current contracts to provide training and certification to Community Health Workers for the CelebrateOne Community Connector Corps Project, all 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 Office of the Mayor is hereby authorized to modify, by increasing, three current contracts to provide training and certification to Community Health Workers for the CelebrateOne Community Connector Corps Project, through December 31, 2018, as follows:
The Ohio State University Health Worker training $29,000.00
The Ohio State University MOMS2B $3,000.00
Community Development for All People $3,500.00
$35,500.00
SECTION 2. That to pay the costs of said modifications; the expenditure of $35,500.00 is hereby authorized from the City’s Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 2291, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. 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 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications.
SECTION 5. 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.