City of Columbus - File #: 3046-2023

• File #: 3046-2023
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/25/2023
• In control: Veterans & Senior Affairs Committee
• On agenda: 11/20/2023
• Final action: 11/22/2023
• Title: To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to increase the non-profit service contracts with six nutrition service providers to distribute home-delivered and congregate meals to older adults across Central Ohio; to authorize the expenditure of up to $776,339.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($776,339.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/22/2023	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
11/21/2023	1	ACTING MAYOR	Signed
11/20/2023	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
11/20/2023	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

This Ordinance authorizes the Director of Recreation and Parks to increase the non-profit service contracts with the following non-profit organizations: Licking County Aging Program Inc., LifeCare Alliance, Meals on Wheels- Older Adult Alternatives of Fairfield County, Memorial Hospital of Union County, Pickaway County Commission on Aging, and SourcePoint to provide home-delivered and congregate meal service to Central Ohio older adults for the period July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024.
The Ohio Department of Aging (ODA) awarded additional American Recuse Plan Act (ARPA) funds to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging (COAAA) in support of additional Title III nutrition services for older adults in Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway, and Union counties.
Authorization of said non-profit service contracts was initially approved by Ordinance 1710-2023 on July 10, 2023. This Ordinance will allow COAAA to distribute additional ARPA funds received from ODA to increase the number of home-delivered and congregate meals available to older adults.
Approximately 20,000 individuals are expected to be served.
Principle Party: See attached list of providers.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested so that the allocated funding can be utilized as quickly as possible to provide vital nutrition services to older adults across Central Ohio.
FISCAL IMPACT
This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $776,339.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
A total of $1,273,303.00 was previously paid to Licking County Aging Program Inc., LifeCare Alliance, Meals on Wheels- Older Adult Alternatives of Fairfield County, Memorial Hospital of Union County, Pickaway County Commission on Aging, and SourcePoint to provide home-delivered and congregate meal service to Central Ohio older adults for the period July 1, 2023, through September 30, 2024. These contracts were initially authorized by Ordinance 1710-2023.

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