Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will enable the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant and to provide for the appropriation of said funds to the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
Grant funding is being made available by the Ohio Department of Aging to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging to provide outreach to eligible Medicare beneficiaries in Central Ohio. The Medicare Improvements for Patients & Providers Act for Beneficiary Outreach and Assistance Program (MIPPA-BOAP) grant is funded by the Administration on Aging (AOA) for a two-year period.
Emergency action is being requested due to the funding being made available retroactive to September 30, 2010.
Fiscal Impact:
$57,428.00 in grant funding will be used to cover a portion of the payroll expenses for a Medicare Specialist currently employed by the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging and to provide outreach and enrollment opportunities targeting limited income Medicare beneficiaries who are eligible for the Low-Income Subsidy and Medicare Savings Program. The fiscal impact of this ordinance will be to reduce the Recreation and Parks Grant Funds appropriated balance by $57,428.00. The expenditure of $57,428.00 is budgeted in the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to accept a grant to provide outreach to eligible Medicare beneficiaries in Central Ohio in the amount of $57,428.00; to authorize an appropriation of $57,428.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to the Recreation and Parks Department; and to declare an emergency. ($57,428.00)
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WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Aging has awarded the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging of the Columbus Recreation and Parks Department, a grant for the provision of outreach services to Medicare beneficiaries in Central Ohio; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks ...
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