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BACKGROUND: Funding has been identified in the 2004 Health Special Revenue Fund budget to provide assistance for education and support services for individuals with AIDS and HIV infection. This ordinance authorizes a contract with Columbus AIDS Task Force for the provision of HIV Outreach and Nutrition Services. Columbus AIDS Task Force will be focusing on Hispanic Outreach, African American Outreach, and Nutrition and Wellness Services.
A request is made to waive the provisions of competitive bidding.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid a delay in providing client services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this contract is available in the 2004 Health Special Revenue Fund.
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To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Columbus AIDS Task Force for the provision of HIV Initiative Services, to authorize the expenditure of $50,000 from the Health Special Revenue Fund to pay the cost thereof, to waive the provisions of competitive bidding, and to declare an emergency. ($50,000)
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WHEREAS, funding has been identified in the 2004 Health Special Revenue Fund budget to provide assistance to Columbus AIDS Task Force, who can provide education and support services for individuals with AIDS and HIV infection; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to provide funding for this initiative; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said contract with Columbus AIDS Task Force for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and to avoid any delay in providing client 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 Columbus AIDS Task Force to provide HIV Initiative Services, for the period of July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005, in an amount not to exceed $50,000.
SECTION 2. That the expenditure of $50,000 is hereby authorized from the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, Department of Health, Department No. 50-01, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA No. 502112.
SECTION 3. That the provisions of Columbus City Code, Section 329.11, dealing with competitive bidding, are hereby waived.
SECTION 4. 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 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.