Explanation
BACKGROUND:
It has been a priority of Columbus City Council to identify opportunities to support various neighborhood initiatives that enhance the well-being of Columbus residents. To that extent, City Council has identified $85,000 in the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund that Council wishes to transfer to support healthy neighborhood programming at Columbus Public Health.
In an effort to reduce infant mortality, CPH will recruit help to develop a collaborative community plan to reduce infant mortality. This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Access Health Columbus for administration of $85,000 in funding for the infant mortality program.
Access Health Columbus is a broad based, non-profit community partnership whose mission is to improve access to health care in Franklin County, particularly for the most vulnerable persons, by convening public-private partners and coordinating innovative solutions. This contract will allow Access Health to negotiate wages, act as a fiscal sponsor, and hire a consultant to work on behalf of City leaders to lead and/or facilitate the development and operation of the Columbus Infant Mortality Reduction Task Force. The task force will be a collaborative effort with identified community partners including Nationwide Children's Hospital.
Access Health Columbus (Contract Compliance No. 510426050) is nonprofit organizations and therefore exempt from Contract Compliance certification.
Emergency action is requested to avoid delays in the implementation of these services.
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $85,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund and the transfer and appropriation of $85,000.00 from said Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funding for this ordinance is made available from the City's Neighborhood Initiative Fund, Fund No. 018 for transfer to the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250.
Title
To authorize and direct the appropriation of $85,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund; to authorize and direct the transfer of $85,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund; to authorize and direct the expenditure of up to $130,000 from the Health Special Revenue Fund; to authorize the Director of Columbus Public Health to enter into contract with Access Health for the implementation of the Columbus Infant Mortality Reduction Task Force; and to declare an emergency. ($85,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it has been a priority of Columbus City Council to identify opportunities to support various Neighborhood Initiatives that enhance the well-being of our residents; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health plans to address the City's high infant mortality rate by developing a collaborative community plan to reduce infant mortality; and,
WHEREAS, $85,000 is available in the City's Neighborhood Initiatives Fund for use by Columbus Public Health for development and operation of the Columbus Infant Mortality Reduction Task Force; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary for City Council to authorize the transfer and appropriation of these monies to the Health Department 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 be and he is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate and transfer $85,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund, Fund No. 018, to the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, as follows:
FROM:
Fund Type Dept # Fund Object Level 1 Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Neighborhood Initiatives 50-01 018 10 5501 500118 $85,000.00
TO:
Fund Type Dept # Fund Object Level 1 Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Health Special Revenue 50-01 250 80 0886 501618 $85,000.00
SECTION 2. That the Board of Health be and hereby is authorized and directed to enter into a contract with Access Health Columbus to administer efforts to decrease infant mortality in the City of Columbus, for the period September 1, 2013 through August 14, 2014, in an amount not to exceed $130,000.
SECTION 3. That from the unappropriated monies in the Fund known as the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the twelve months ending December 31, 2013, the sum of $85,000.00 is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division 50-01, OCA 501618, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337.
SECTION 4. That to pay the costs of said contract, the expenditure of $130,000 is hereby authorized from the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, Department of Health, Division No. 50-01, OCA Code 501618, Object Level Three 3337.
SECTION 5. This contract was awarded according to provisions of Section 329.15 of the Columbus City Code.
SECTION 6. 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 7. 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.