Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Columbus Health Department has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $78,500 in grant money to fund the Federal HIV Care grant program.
The Federal HIV Care grant program enables the Columbus Health Department to plan and evaluate activities related to improving local care services and to provide comprehensive case management services to persons living with HIV/AIDS and their support persons in central Ohio.
This grant is for the period April 1, 2008 through March 31, 2009.
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 Health and does not generate revenue nor require a City match.
Title
To authorize the Columbus Health Department to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Health in the amount of $78,500; to authorize the appropriation of $78,500 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($78,500)
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WHEREAS, $78,500 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Health for the Federal HIV Care grant program; 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 Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate these grant funds for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and to avoid any delays in providing program services; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUN...
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