Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Columbus Health Department contracts with Franklin County to provide a comprehensive Rabies Immunization and Control Program, which benefits all citizens of Franklin County. This ordinance authorizes the Board of Health to enter into a contract with the Franklin County Board of Health in the amount of $34,101 for the period January 1, 2008 through December 31, 2008. Under this contract, in recognition of the benefits provided to citizens of the City of Columbus, the Health Department reimburses Franklin County for one half of the expenses incurred from the purchase of rabies tags and from the subsequent entry of certificates into the rabies vaccination database by the County's independent contractor, Sage.
Emergency action is requested to avoid delays in payment for these services.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this contract is made available in the 2008 budget for the Health Special Revenue Fund.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with the Franklin County Board of Health to provide support for the Rabies Immunization and Control Program, to authorize the expenditure of $34,101 from the Health Special Revenue Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($34,101)
Body
WHEREAS, the Board of Health has a need to enter into a contract with the Franklin County Board of Health, for the provision of a comprehensive Rabies Immunization and Control Program; and,
WHEREAS, under the terms of the contract, the Health Department reimburses Franklin County for one half of the costs for the Rabies Program; and,
WHEREAS, emergency action is requested to avoid delays in payment to the County for their portion of the expenses for this program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to contract with the Franklin County Board of Health for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, pr...
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