BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $25,000.00 from the Emergency Human Services Fund. These funds will be used by Columbus Public Health to provide grant assistance to The Center for Healthy Families, which provides emergency operating assistance for pregnant and parenting teens. Financial support will include assistance with operating costs, emergency building repairs, assistance to homeowners, service to youth, earned income tax assistance, and health equipment and supplies.
This legislation is presented as an emergency in order to prevent interruptions in the delivery of vital program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are allocated from the FY2012 Emergency Human Services Fund.
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To authorize the appropriation of $25,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Fund to Columbus Public Health; to approve the grant application from The Center for Healthy Families seeking emergency assistance for costs associated with the delivery of their program pursuant to Columbus City Codes, 1959; to authorize the Board of Health to execute a grant agreement with The Center for Healthy Families to provide support for on-going administrative and operating costs; to authorize the expenditure of $25,000.00 from the Emergency Human Services Fund; and to declare an emergency ($25,000.00).
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WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board of Health to appropriate funds from the unappropriated balance of the Emergency Human Services Fund and to grant funds to The Center for Healthy Families to provide support for on-going administrative and operating costs; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 371.02(c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, City Council is authorized to allocate funds annually to assist social service agencies in the city with the emergency costs of delivering programs; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health has reviewed and approved the Grant Application and desires to enter into a grant agreement for the continued provision of social services and other assistance; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a grant agreement with The Center for Healthy Families to avoid causing interruptions in the delivery of program services, all for the 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 from the unappropriated monies in the Emergency Human Services Fund, and from any and all sources unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2012, the sum of $25,000.00 be and is hereby appropriated to Columbus Public Health, Department No. 50-01, Fund 232, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 502321.
Section 2. That the grant application from The Center for Healthy Families, seeking financial assistance to address emergency human service needs pursuant to Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959, are hereby approved.
Section 3. That Columbus Public Health is hereby authorized and directed to provide emergency grant assistance totaling $25,000.00 to The Center for Healthy Families to provide support for on-going administrative and operating costs.
Section 4. That for the purpose as stated in Section 3, the expenditure of $25,000.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized to be expended from the Emergency Human Services Fund, Columbus Public Health, Department No. 50-01, Fund 232, Object Level One 03, Object Level Three 3337, OCA Code 502321.
Section 5. That the expenditures authorized herein are in accordance with Section 371.02 (c) of the Columbus City Codes, 1959.
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. Payments are expressly contingent upon the availability of sufficient monies in the Emergency Human Services Fund to cover the obligation set forth in this contract and in no case shall payments exceed available cash in this fund. In this event that there is not sufficient cash in the fund to cover the obligation set forth in this contract, the City Auditor shall have the authority to make all necessary adjustments at his discretion.
Section 8. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and shall 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.