Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Franklin County Board of Commissioners has a need to continue the operation of a tuberculosis clinic for the detection, surveillance, and containment of tuberculosis. Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners in the amount of $1,815,000.00 for the continued operation of the Ben Franklin Tuberculosis Clinic. This grant is for the period January 1, 2014 through December 31, 2014.
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 Franklin County Board of Commissioners and is budgeted in the 2014 Health Department Grants Fund. This grant will not generate revenue or require a City match.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners in the amount of $1,815,000.00 for the continued operation of the Ben Franklin Tuberculosis Clinic; to authorize the appropriation of $1,815,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($1,815,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $1,815,000.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Franklin County Board of Commissioners for the continued operation of the Ben Franklin Tuberculosis Clinic at Columbus Public Health; 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 Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners and to appropriate these funds to Columbus Pu...
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