Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Columbus Health Department has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $68,667.00 in grant money to fund the Occupant Protection Grant Program.
The Occupant Protection Grant Program provides expanded low-income families with access to child safety seats to the 13 counties in region 5.
This grant is for the period October 1, 2005 through September 30, 2006.
Emergency action is requested to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: This program is entirely funded by the Ohio Department of Public Safety and does not generate revenue or require a City match.
Title
To authorize and direct the Columbus Health Department to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety in the amount of $68,667.00; to authorize the appropriation of $68,667.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($68,667.00)
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WHEREAS, $68,667 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Public Safety; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety and to appropriate these funds to the Health Department 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 Columbus Health ...
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