City of Columbus - File #: 1307-2006

• File #: 1307-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/6/2006
• In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 7/24/2006
• Final action: 7/26/2006
• Title: To authorize the Board of Health to modify and increase a contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers And Babies to provide needs assessment and consultation services for the Healthy Start grant program; to authorize the expenditure of $83,302 from the Health Department Grant Funds to pay the cost thereof, and to declare an emergency, (83,302)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/26/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
7/25/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/24/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/24/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/13/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/13/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/13/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/13/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Contingent
7/13/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/12/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/11/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/11/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2006	1	HEALTH DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/10/2006	1	Health Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/6/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND: The Board of Health has a need to make funds
available to increase a contract with The Council On Healthy Mothers and
Babies. The Columbus Health Department has been awarded an
additional $125,000 for a two month extension of the Healthy Start grant,
ending July 31, 2006. The grant funds awarded provide for an increased
contract with The Council On Healthy Mothers and Babies to assist in
developing a needs assessment and a to meet those needs as well as to
work on community engagement activities.

The additional contract will be in an amount not to exceed $83,302 for a
total contract not to exceed $160,440.

Emergency action is required to ensure the continued operation of the
Healthy Start Program.

FISCAL IMPACT: This contract is entirely funded by a grant from the
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The program does not
generate revenue or require a City match. The monies are budgeted in the
2006 Health Department Grants Fund.



Title

To authorize the Board of Health to modify and increase a contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers And Babies to provide needs assessment and consultation services for the Healthy Start grant program; to authorize the expenditure of $83,302 from the Health Department Grant Funds to pay the cost thereof, and to declare an emergency, (83,302)



Body

WHEREAS, additional funding is available from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services to modify and increase a contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers And Babies to provide needs assessment and consultation services for the Healthy Start grant program; and,

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to modify a contract with the Council On Healthy Mothers And Babies to ensure continuation of services for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefo...