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 $300,000 in the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund that Council wishes to transfer to support healthy neighborhood programming at Columbus Public Health.
In an effort to reduce infant mortality, CPH will recruit help to develop a collaborative community plan to reduce infant mortality and will expand its Newborn Home Visiting Program by hiring two Public Health Nurses. Visits to newborns are critical, and young moms need these interventions. The expanded home visiting services will help ensure increased access to care and other needed services for these new mothers and babies. $300,000 is provided for the expansion of these efforts.
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $300,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund and the transfer and appropriation of $300,000.00 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, Fund No. 018 for transfer to the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 250.
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To authorize and direct the appropriation of $300,000.00 within the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund; to authorize and direct the transfer of $300,000.00 from the Neighborhood Initiatives Fund to the Health Special Revenue Fund; to authorize and direct the appropriation of $300,000.00 within the Health Special Revenue Fund for the Newborn Home Visiting Program; and to declare an emergency. ($300,000.00)
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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, Columbus Public Health plans to address the City's high infant mortality rate by developing a collaborative community plan to reduce infant mortality and expanding its Newborn Home Visiting Program by hiring two Public Health Nurses; and,
WHEREAS, $300,000 is available in the City's Neighborhood Initiatives Fund for use by Columbus Public Health for its Newborn Home Visiting 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 $300,000.00 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 $300,000.00
TO:
Fund Type Dept # Fund Object Level 1 Object Level 3 OCA Code Amount
Health Special Revenue 50-01 250 80 0886 501618 $300,000.00
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 $300,000.00 is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division 50-01, OCA 501618, to the various Object Level Three's as follows:
OCA
OL3 501618
1101 $128,498.00
1150 20,398.00
1160 17,990.00
1171 1,874.00
1173 5,140.00
3336 126,100.00
Total Appropriation - $300,000.00
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.