Explanation
BACKGROUND: In effort to continue providing City of Columbus employees with healthy lifestyle, disease prevention and disease management programming that align with the Department of Human Resources "Healthy Columbus" Program, the City wishes to continue its contract with Alere Wellbeing to provide tobacco cessation services to City employees. The contract is for a three-year period, subject to annual appropriation; this ordinance represents the second year.
Emergency action is requested to ensure tobacco cessation services for city employees are able to commence as soon as contractually possible, thereby maintaining continuity of service.
Contract compliance number is 20-0231080
FISCAL IMPACT: To enter into contract with Alere Wellbeing to establish the maximum obligation liability, and to authorize the expenditure of $69,375.00 for tobacco cessation services from February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016. Funding is available in the 2015 budget for this contract. Contingent on the passage of the 2015 Operating Budget (ordinances 2620-2014 and 2621-2014).
Title
To authorize the Human Resources Director to modify the contract with Alere Wellbeing to provide all employees and eligible adult dependents tobacco cessation services from February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016; to authorize the expenditure of $69,375.00 from the Employee Benefits Fund, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay the costs of said contract; and to declare an emergency. ($69,375.00)
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to modify the contract with Alere Wellbeing to provide all employees and eligible adult dependents with tobacco cessation services from February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the expenditure of up to $69,375.00, or so much thereof as may be necessary, to pay contract costs for tobacco cessation services;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Human Resources in that it is immediately necessary to modify the contract with Alere Wellbeing to ensure the tobacco cessation services program for city employees is able to commence as soon as contractually possible, thereby maintaining continuity of service;
Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Human Resources Director is hereby authorized to modify the contract with Alere Wellbeing to provide tobacco cessation services to all employees and eligible adult dependents from February 1, 2015 through January 31, 2016.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $69,375.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, for coverage is hereby authorized to be expended as follows:
Department: 46-02 | Fund: 502 | Subfund: 208 | OL1 - 03 | OL3 - 3362 | OCA 462011
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 for the 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.