Explanation
Columbus Public Health has accumulated surplus medical equipment for which it no longer has a use. This equipment, which consists of one Colposcope and twenty blood pressure cuffs, is not functionally useful for any city purpose and is of de minimis value. As a result, the Board of Health is seeking permission to donate this equipment to Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. Because this equipment is of de minimus value on the open market, the Board of Health is requesting that relevant provisions of Chapter 329 pertaining to the sale of city-owned personal property be waived.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to donate medical equipment to Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc.; to waive relevant provisions of the Columbus City Codes pertaining to the sale of city-owned personal property; and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health is in possession of one Colposcope and twenty blood pressure cuffs that are no longer being used by Columbus Public Health; and
WHEREAS, it has been determined that this equipment is no longer functionally useful for any city purpose; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Public Health would like to donate this equipment to Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc., and organization that has expressed interest in and a need for the equipment; and
WHEREAS, for the reasons articulated above, it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to dispose of this medical equipment in this manner and waive relevant provisions of the Columbus City Codes, which governs the sale of city-owned personal property; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to donate this equipment to Columbus Neighborhood Health Center, Inc. and to waive Section 329.34 of the Columbus City Codes, so that this organization has access to this equipment at the earliest possible date, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safe...
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