Explanation
In 2011, Columbus Public Health was awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $125,000.00 for the Dental Sealant grant program for the period of January 1, 2011 through December 31, 2011. There was a delay in the grant budget being approved, which therefore pushed back the hiring process. Due to this delay, not all of the grant monies could be spent. The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize a refund of unused grant funds and interest income in an amount not to exceed $6,818.23 to the Ohio Department of Health.
The primary objective of the Dental Sealant grant program is to prevent dental caries among school children through an evidence-based community approach. The program targets higher-risk schools in order to reach higher-risk children. In addition to currently served second and third grade students, the program was expanded to include sixth and seventh grade students along with additional second and third grade students.
The interest that was earned on this grant is also being returned, as required by the Ohio Department of Health, and is included in the amount being refunded to the grantor.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to comply with the Ohio Department of Health GAPP Manual Federal requirement that unspent funds must be returned within forty-five (45) days of approved final expenditure report.
FISCAL IMPACT: Monies for this refund are available within the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, the 2011 Dental Sealant grant program. It is necessary to transfer $6,818.23, of appropriation authority from Object Level One - 01, Personnel, to Object Level One - 05, Other Expenditures within the Health Department Grants Funds in order to refund the unused grant funds and interest income to the Ohio Department of Health.
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To authorize the Board of Health to return unused grant monies and interest income from the Dental Sealant grant program to the Ohio Department of Health in an amount not to exceed $6,818.23 from the Health Department Grants Fund; to authorize the City Auditor to transfer $6,818.23 of appropriation authority within the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($6,818.23)
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WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health is required to return unused grant funds and interest income from the Dental Sealant grant program to the Ohio Department of Health; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer $6,818.23 of appropriation authority from Object Level One - 01, to Object Level One - 05, Other Expenditures within the Health Department Grants Funds in order to refund unused grant funds and interest income to the Ohio Department of Health; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to return unspent grant monies to the Ohio Department 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 City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $6,818.23 of appropriation authority within the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Department of Health No. 50-01, as follows:
TRANSFER FROM:
OCA: 501120; Grant No. 501120; Object Level 01:01; Amount $6,818.23
TRANSFER TO:
OCA: 501120; Grant No. 501120; Object Level 01:05; Amount $6,818.23
SECTION 2. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to return unspent grant monies from the Dental Sealant grant program to the Ohio Department of Health in the amount not to exceed $6,818.23.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure not to exceed $6,818.23 is hereby authorized from the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, Division No. 50-01, OCA Code 501120; Grant No. 501120, Object Level One - 05, Object Level Three 5515.
SECTION 4. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that these funds are properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City's financial records.
SECTION 5. 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.