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File #: 0388-2010    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 3/1/2010 In control: Health & Human Development Committee
On agenda: 3/29/2010 Final action: 3/31/2010
Title: To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the Deaf Services Center to support the Deaf Modification Program; to authorize the expenditure of $40,000 from the 2010 Community Development Block Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($40,000)
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting Details
3/31/20101 CITY CLERK Attest  Action details Meeting details
3/30/20101 MAYOR Signed  Action details Meeting details
3/29/20101 Columbus City Council ApprovedPass Action details Meeting details
3/29/20101 COUNCIL PRESIDENT Signed  Action details Meeting details
3/8/20101 Dev Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
3/8/20101 CITY ATTORNEY Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
3/8/20101 Dev Drafter Sent to Clerk's Office for Council  Action details Meeting details
3/5/20101 FINANCE DIRECTOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
3/5/20101 Dev Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
3/5/20101 Auditor Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
3/5/20101 CITY AUDITOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
3/3/20101 Finance Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
3/3/20101 Finance Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
3/2/20101 DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
3/2/20101 Dev Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
3/2/20101 Finance Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
3/1/20101 Dev Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
Explanation

BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with Deaf Services Center. The contract will provide $40,000 from the 2010 Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) Fund for the administrative and equipment costs necessary to eliminate environmental barriers in the residences of low and moderate-income individuals who are deaf or hard of hearing. The Deaf Modification Program will provide communication and adaptive equipment necessary to increase the independence and safety of deaf or hard of hearing individuals in the City of Columbus.

Examples of the equipment to be provided include amplified telephones, communication devices, answering machines, motion detectors, strobes, smoke alarms, bed vibrator, baby monitors, individual alert receivers, carbon monoxide detectors and alarm clocks. The Deaf Services Center will provide equipment to approximately 40 eligible applicants citywide.

Emergency action is requested to allow this vital program to continue without interruption.

FISCAL IMPACT: $40,000 is allocated from the 2010 Community Development Block Grant Fund for this expenditure.


Title

To authorize the Director of the Department of Development to enter into a contract with the Deaf Services Center to support the Deaf Modification Program; to authorize the expenditure of $40,000 from the 2010 Community Development Block Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($40,000)


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WHEREAS, the Department of Development, Housing Division, desires to enter into a contract with Deaf Services Center (DSC); and

WHEREAS, this contract will allow the contractor to continue to support the operation of the Deaf Modification Program; and

WHEREAS, the Deaf Modification Program will provide communication and adaptive equipment necessary to increase the independence and safety of deaf or hard of hearing individuals in the City of Columbus; and

WHEREAS, an emergency ex...

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