Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded grant funds from the Franklin County Board of Health for the Project Love County Project. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $54,000.00 for the period September 1, 2012 through August 31, 2013. The funds from the Franklin County Board of Health provide reimbursement to Columbus Public Health’s Immunization program for strategies developed to increase public awareness and immunization rates within Franklin County. These strategies are intended to protect against outbreaks of infectious diseases, including influenza.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency 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: The Project Love County Project is funded through a grant award received from the Franklin County Board of Health. No City match is required.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Franklin County Board of Health in the amount of $54,000.00 for the Project Love County Project; to authorize the appropriation of $54,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($54,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $54,000.00 in grant funds have been made available from the Franklin County Board of Health for the Project Love County Project; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency 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 Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the Franklin County Board of Health and to appropriate these funds to Columbus Public Health for the immediate preservati...
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