Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded the 2015 grant service contract for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Outpatient Program to fund the Adult Prevention Services, Women's Project, Children & Adolescents (C&A) Prevention, the AOD/HIV Prevention Program, the Immigrant Women's Support Project, and the Application Purpose, Pride Services (APPS) Project totaling $1,617,911.00 from the Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board (ADAMH).
The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program grant service contract is primarily funded through the Franklin County ADAMH Board, but also generates the following revenues which are to be appropriated: client fees in the amount of $55,000.00, Medicaid in the amount of $250,000.00, and incentive funds in the amount of $25,000.00 for a total appropriation of $1,947,911.00. These funds will enable the Health Department to continue to provide treatment, counseling, and prevention services to men, women, children and families, and the homeless population as well as to serve additional clients referred by the criminal justice system.
Emergency action is requested for the following reasons: 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 to maintain the clients' continuity of care.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program grant service contract is primarily funded through the Franklin County ADAMH Board. The Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program will generate the following revenues: client fees in the amount of $55,000.00, Medicaid in the amount of $250,000.00, and incentive funds in the amount of $25,000.00.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept the grant service contract from the Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board in the amount of $1,617,911.00; to authorize the appropriation of $1,947,911.00, which includes program revenues, from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,947,911.00)
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WHEREAS, $1,617,911.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board for the Alcohol and Drug Abuse grant program; and,
WHEREAS, the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Grant Program will generate client fees in the amount of $55,000, Medicaid fees in the amount of $250,000 and incentive funds in the amount of $25,000; 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 usually daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant service contract from the Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board and to appropriate these funds to the Health Department for continuation of client care and 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 Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to accept funding for the 2015 grant service contract in the amount of $1,617,911.00 from the Franklin County Alcohol, Drug Addiction and Mental Health Services Board for the continuation on the Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program for the grant period January 1, 2015 through December 31, 2015
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Fund known as the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, 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, 2015, the sum of $1,947,911.00 and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division 50-01, as follows:
Women's Recovery Grant, Grant No. 501522:
Grant No.: 501522, OCA: 501522, Obj. Level 1: 01, Amount: $200,708.00
Grant No.: 501522, OCA: 501522, Obj. Level 1: 02, Amount: $ 3,000.00
Grant No.: 501522, OCA: 501522, Obj. Level 1: 03, Amount: $ 4,000.00
Total appropriation Grant No. 501522 - $207,708.00
Adult Prevention Services Grant, Grant No. 501523:
Grant No.: 501523, OCA: 501523, Obj. Level 1: 01, Amount: $220,951.00
Grant No.: 501523, OCA: 501523, Obj. Level 1: 02, Amount: $ 5,500.00
Grant No.: 501523, OCA: 501523, Obj. Level 1: 03, Amount: $ 6,000.00
Total appropriation Grant No. 501523 - $232,451.00
HIV/AOD Services Grant, Grant No. 501524:
Grant No.: 501524, OCA: 501524, Obj. Level 1: 01, Amount: $ 44,900.00
Grant No.: 501524, OCA: 501524, Obj. Level 1: 02, Amount: $ 2,500.00
Grant No.: 501524, OCA: 501524, Obj. Level 1: 03, Amount: $ 4,500.00
Total appropriation Grant No. 501524 - $ 51,900.00
C & A Prevention Services Grant, Grant No. 501525:
Grant No.: 501525, OCA: 501525, Obj. Level 1: 01 Amount: $342,939.00
Grant No.: 501525, OCA: 501525, Obj. Level 1: 02, Amount: $ 11,245.00
Grant No.: 501525, OCA: 501525, Obj. Level 1: 03, Amount: $ 14,000.00
Total appropriation Grant No. 501525 - $368,184.00
Outpatient Treatment Grant, Grant No. 501526:
Grant No.: 501526, OCA: 501526, Obj. Level 1: 01, Amount: $607,308.00
Grant No.: 501526, OCA: 501526, Obj. Level 1: 02, Amount: $ 7,422.00
Grant No.: 501526, OCA: 501526 Obj. Level 1: 03, Amount: $ 8,747.00
Grant No.: 501526, OCA: 501526, Obj. Level 1: 05, Amount: $ 5,000.00
Grant No.: 501526, OCA: 501526, Obj. Level 1: 06, Amount: $ 3,000.00
Total appropriation Grant No. 501526 - $631,477.00
Immigrant Women's Support Grant, Grant No. 501527:
Grant No.: 501527, OCA: 501527, Obj. Level 1: 01, Amount: $136,635.00
Grant No.: 501527, OCA: 501527, Obj. Level 1: 02, Amount: $ 13,000.00
Grant No.: 501527, OCA: 501527, Obj. Level 1: 03, Amount: $ 9,500.00
Total appropriation Grant No. 501527 - $159,135.00
APPS Program Grant, Grant No. 501528:
Grant No.: 501528, OCA: 501528, Obj. Level 1: 01, Amount: $264,475.00
Grant No.: 501528, OCA: 501528, Obj. Level 1: 02, Amount: $ 12,400.00
Grant No.: 501528, OCA: 501528, Obj. Level 1: 03, Amount: $ 20,181.00
Total appropriation Grant No. 501528 - $297,056.00
TOTAL APPROPRIATION: $1,947,911.00
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. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused city match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 5. 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 6. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.