Explanation
Background:
The Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging of the Recreation and Parks Department was awarded federal and state grants from the Ohio Department of Aging for the continuation of services to older adults in the Central Ohio area including Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and Union Counties.
This legislation authorizes thirty-four community services contracts for the provision of meals, adult day care, homemaker, personal care, transportation, home repair and legal services for the period January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2006.
The service providers were selected from proposals submitted to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging, and these contracts represent the 1st year of a 3-year proposal period. Approximately 38,000 individuals are expected to be served.
Emergency action is requested in order to have the contract in place by January, 2006 as stipulated in the grant requirements, so there is no interruption of services to older adults.
Fiscal Impact:
$5,798,000.00 is required and budgeted from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund to meet the financial obligation of these contracts.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into contracts with thirty-four community agencies to provide social and nutrition services to older adults in Central Ohio during 2006 and to authorize the expenditure of $5,798,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($5,798,000.00)
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WHEREAS, funding to enter into said contracts was made available to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said contracts to avoid interruption of services to older adults, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; now therefore
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