City of Columbus - File #: 1562-2006

• File #: 1562-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/5/2006
• In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 10/23/2006
• Final action: 10/25/2006
• Title: To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter contracts with seven local counties to provide cities readiness planning services, to authorize the expenditure of $157,157 from the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($157,157.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/25/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/24/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/23/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/23/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/2/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/2/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/2/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/2/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/2/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/2/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/28/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/28/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/27/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/20/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/20/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/18/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
9/18/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
9/12/2006	1	HEALTH DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/8/2006	1	Health Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/5/2006	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND: The Columbus Health Department has a need to make funds available for seven contracts
with local counties for cities readiness initiative planning services. This ordinance authorizes the Board of
Health to enter into contracts with Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Morrow, Pickaway and Union
Counties @ $22,451 each for a total of $157,157 for the time period August 31, 2006 through August 30,
2007.

These contracts are a deliverable of the Public Health Infrastructure grant and enable local counties to prepare
public health infrastructure in the event of bioterrorism activity in their respective jurisdictions. These contracts are
necessary per the requirements of the Ohio Department of Health, Public Health Infrastructure proposal.

Emergency action is required to meet the funding deadlines.


FISCAL IMPACT: These monies are budgeted within the Health Department Grants Fund budget, Fund No.
251.







Title

To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter contracts with seven local counties to provide cities readiness planning services, to authorize the expenditure of $157,157 from the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($157,157.00)



Body

WHEREAS, the Columbus Health Department has a deliverable with the Public Health Infrastructure grant to provide cities readiness planning services monies to local counties; and,

WHEREAS, emergency action is requested to meet funding deadlines; and,

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize these contracts for the immediate 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 the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contracts with Delaware, Fairfield, Licking, Madison, Morrow, P...