Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus, Department of Public Safety, was awarded funding in the amount of $1,237,000 from the State of Ohio’s First Responder Recruitment, Retention, Resiliency and Wellness program. The Department of Public Safety will use this program to improve job related stress management through the use of a mobile wellness app; a multi-agency wellness center, and trained staff to provide the necessary support for our front-line personnel impacted by Covid-19. The cost breakdown for this grant award is as follows: Personnel Services (01) $500,000 and (03) Contractual Services in the amount of $737,000. The official city program contact authorized to act in connection with this $1,237,000 grant is Lieutenant Jennifer Alicea. The grant award start date is July 1, 2022 and ends December 31, 2024.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to make the funds available as soon as possible so the procurement of services and personnel costs can be completed and reimbursed by the grant deadline.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an acceptance of the $1,237,000 grant award and the appropriation of those funds from the State of Ohio’s First Responder Recruitment, Retention, Resiliency and Wellness program to fund personnel and contractual services. This is a new grant award for 2022. All funds appropriated are reimbursable from the grant award.
Title
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept the award from the State of Ohio’s First Responder Recruitment, Retention, Resiliency and Wellness program; to authorize Lieutenant Alicea, as the official city representative to act in connection with this grant; to authorize an appropriation of $1,237,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the cost of the State of Ohio’s First Responder Recruitment, Retention, Resiliency and Wellness program Grant activities and expenditures; a...
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