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File #: 1461-2009    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 10/23/2009 In control: Health, Housing & Human Services Committee
On agenda: 11/9/2009 Final action: 11/11/2009
Title: To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into contract with the Franklin County Board of Health, to authorize the expenditure of $1,277,514 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,277,514)
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting Details
11/11/20091 ACTING MAYOR Signed  Action details Meeting details
11/11/20091 CITY CLERK Attest  Action details Meeting details
11/10/20091 COUNCIL PRESIDENT Signed  Action details Meeting details
11/9/20091 Columbus City Council ApprovedPass Action details Meeting details
10/29/20091 Health Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
10/29/20091 Auditor Reviewer Contingent  Action details Meeting details
10/29/20091 CITY AUDITOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
10/29/20091 Health Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
10/29/20091 CITY ATTORNEY Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
10/29/20091 Health Drafter Sent to Clerk's Office for Council  Action details Meeting details
10/28/20091 FINANCE DIRECTOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
10/27/20091 Health Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
10/27/20091 Finance Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
10/27/20091 Finance Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
10/26/20091 Health Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
10/26/20091 EBOCO Reviewer Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
10/26/20091 ODI DIRECTOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
10/25/20091 HEALTH DIRECTOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
10/23/20091 Health Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
10/23/20091 Health Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
Explanation


BACKGROUND: The Board of Health was awarded $4,160,043 in grant monies from the Ohio Department
of Health, Centers for Disease Control for the Public Health Emergency Preparedness program. This
ordinance is needed to authorize a contract with the Franklin County Board of Health for $1,277,514 for the
time period August 10, 2009 through August 9, 2010.

The purpose of the contract is to maintain a Public Health Emergency Preparedness/Emergency Response
system in the event of the spread of H1N1 and bioterrorism activities in Franklin County. This contract is
necessary per the requirements of the Ohio Department of Health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness
proposal.

Emergency action is requested to facilitate and expedite the Franklin County component of maintaining a
public health emergency preparedness and emergency H1N1 response in central Ohio.

FISCAL IMPACT: The Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant budget provides $1,277,514 for a
contract with the Franklin County Board of Health.



Title

To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into contract with the Franklin County Board of Health, to authorize the expenditure of $1,277,514 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,277,514)



Body

WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Health will establish a public health emergency H1N1 response and emergency preparedness structure; and,

WHEREAS, this contract is necessary per the requirements of the Ohio Department of Health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness proposal; and,

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize this contract for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COU...

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