Explanation
Background:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with LifeCare Alliance in connection with the Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program.
This program will provide vouchers for seniors to redeem with local organized markets, including the North Market, in various Central Ohio counties. Approximately 4,500 individuals are expected to receive vouchers.
Emergency action is requested so that the program can be implemented by May 1, 2015 in accordance with grant conditions.
This ordinance is contingent upon the passage of the appropriation ordinance (0924-2015).
Principal Parties:
LifeCare Alliance
Charles W. Gehring, President/CEO
1699 West Mound Street
Columbus, Ohio 43223
(614) 278-3141; FAX (614) 278-3143
FID #31-4379494 (001) (NPO)
Fiscal Impact:
$195,000.00 is required from the Recreation and Parks Grant fund. A total of $178,420.00 and $179,261.00 was paid to LifeCare Alliance in 2014 and 2013, respectively, for the Senior Farmer’s Market Nutrition Program, bringing the aggregate amount for the three years to $552,681.00.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with LifeCare Alliance for the Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program; to authorize the expenditure of up to $195,000.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($195,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, federal and state funding for the Senior Farmer's Market Nutrition Program was awarded to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said contract as services need to be implemented by May 1, 2015, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That ...
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