City of Columbus - File #: 0556-2011

• File #: 0556-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 3/28/2011
• In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
• On agenda: 4/11/2011
• Final action: 4/13/2011
• Title: To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into two contracts to assess and develop a mass communication infrastructure; to authorize the expenditure of $172,516.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($172,516.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
4/13/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
4/12/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
4/11/2011	2	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
4/11/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
4/1/2011	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/1/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/1/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/1/2011	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/1/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Disapproved
4/1/2011	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/1/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/1/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/1/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
4/1/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
4/1/2011	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
4/1/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
4/1/2011	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/31/2011	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/31/2011	1	HEALTH DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/31/2011	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/31/2011	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval
3/31/2011	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
3/31/2011	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/31/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
3/30/2011	1	Health Drafter	Sent for Approval
3/30/2011	1	Health Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

BACKGROUND: On August 2, 2010, the Board of Health was awarded grant monies through the Ohio Department of Health, from the Centers for Disease Control, for the 2011 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grant Program. On March 19, 2011, the Board of Health was awarded additional grant monies for the 2011 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grant / PHER Focus Area 3 Operations. These supplemental funds must be spent by July 30, 2011. The Board has identified the need for an assessment and development of a county-wide mass communication infrastructure. The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize two contracts with not-for-profit agencies to assist the Board in the assessment and development of a county-wide communication infrastructure to reach licensed clients, physicians and stakeholders by using various methods of communications.

This ordinance is needed to authorize two contracts to evaluate, assess and develop a county wide mass notification infrastructure for the time period April 1, 2011 through July 30, 2011. The Columbus Medical Association (Contract Compliance No. 310679012) will increase the number of physicians notified by the mass communication system, and Battelle Memorial Institute (Contract Compliance No. 314379427) will complete an evaluation and assessment of the mass communication system. They are both not for profit organizations, and are therefore exempt from contract compliance.

Emergency action is requested because the grant providing the funds for these contracts expires on July 31, 2011, and to ensure timely payments to the Contractors.

FISCAL IMPACT: The monies for these two contracts are provided for in the 2011 Public Health Emergency Preparedness Grant / PHER Focus Area 3 Operations.


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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into two contracts to assess and develop a mass communication infrastructure; to authorize the expenditure of $172,516.00 from the Health Department G...