Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Deaf Services Center. The contract will provide $47,250 from the 2008 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) for the administrative and equipment costs necessary to eliminate environmental barriers in the residences of low and moderate-income individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. The Deaf Modification Program will provide communication and adaptive equipment necessary to increase the independence and safety of deaf or hard of hearing individuals in the City of Columbus.
Examples of the equipment to be provided include amplified telephones, communication devices, answering machines, motion detectors, strobes, smoke alarms, bed vibrator, baby monitors, individual alert receivers, carbon monoxide detectors and alarm clocks. The Deaf Services Center will provide equipment to approximately 30 eligible applicants citywide.
Emergency action is requested to allow this vital program to continue without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: $47,250 is allocated from the 2008 Community Development Block Grant Fund for this expenditure.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the Deaf Services Center to support the Deaf Modification Program; to authorize the expenditure of $47,250 from the 2008 Community Development Block Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($47,250)
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Development, Housing Division, desires to enter into a contract with Deaf Services Center (DSC); and
WHEREAS, this contract will allow the contractor to continue to support the operation of the Deaf Modification Program; and
WHEREAS, the Deaf Modification Program will provide communication and adaptive equipment necessary to increase the independence and safety of deaf or hard of hearing individuals in the City of Columbus; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists ...
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