Explanation
BACKGROUND: It has been a priority of Columbus City Council to identify opportunities to support various neighborhood initiatives that enhance the well-being of Columbus residents. To that extent, City Council has identified $50,000 in the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund that Council wishes to transfer to support infectious disease prevention and investigations at Columbus Public Health.
The Infectious Disease Reporting System (IDRS) is the combined infectious disease reporting system for health care provided in Franklin County, including the City of Columbus. The Columbus and Franklin County Public Health agencies have joined forces to make the reporting, tracking and investigation of infectious disease cases easier and more convenient. Physicians, hospitals, infection control professionals, laboratorians and any individual, per Communicable Disease Rules 3701-3-01 through 3701-3-30 of the Ohio Administrative Code (OAC), are legally required to report suspected, lab-confirmed, and clinical diagnoses of specific diseases and conditions within specified time frames to IDRS. The staff of the IDRS will ensure proper investigation and follow-up of all infectious disease reports. With this combined data, the public health agencies will conduct appropriate surveillance of infectious diseases; develop, implement and communicate public health prevention strategies; ensure affected residents have access to medical follow-up; communicate with the medical community; educate residents about infectious diseases and support the domestic preparedness response plan. $50,000 is provided for the expansion of these efforts.
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $50,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund and the transfer and appropriation of $50,000.00 from said Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this ordinance is made available from the City's Neighborhood Initiatives Fund 018 for transfer to the Health Special Revenue Fund.
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To authorize and direct the appropriation of $50,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund; to authorize and direct the transfer of $50,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund; to authorize and direct the appropriation of $50,000.00 within the Health Special Revenue Fund for the Infectious Diseases Investigations Program; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it has been a priority of Columbus City Council to identify opportunities to support various Neighborhood Initiatives that enhance the well-being of our residents; and
WHEREAS, the Columbus and Franklin County Public Health agencies have joined forces to make the reporting, tracking and investigation of infectious disease cases easier and more convenient by creating the Infectious Disease Reporting System for all of Franklin County; and,
WHEREAS, $50,000 is available in the City's Neighborhood Initiatives Fund for use by Columbus Public Health to improve its Infectious Diseases Investigations Program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary for City Council to authorize the transfer and appropriation of these monies to the Health Department for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor be and he is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate and transfer $50,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund, Fund No. 018, to the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, as follows:
FROM:
Fund Type Dept # Fund Object Level 1 Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Neighborhood Initiatives 50-01 018 10 5501 500118 $50,000.00
TO:
Fund Type Dept # Fund Object Level 1 Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Health Special Revenue 50-01 250 80 0886 500137 $50,000.00
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Fund known as the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the twelve months ending December 31, 2013, the sum of $50,000.00 is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division 50-01, OCA 500137, to the various Object Level Three's as follows:
OCA
OL3 500137
1101 $ 33,318.00
1150 10,199.00
1160 4,664.00
1171 486.00
1173 1,333.00
Total Appropriation - $ 50,000.00
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Health Commissioner, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.