Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded additional funds from the Ohio Department of Health through the Centers for Disease Control for 2015 Creating Healthy Communities Grant Program. This ordinance is necessary to accept and appropriate additional funds in the amount of $50,000.00 for a total grant award of $190,000.00 through December 31, 2015.
The Ohio Department of Health has required the additional funds to be spent on providing a CoGo Bike Share System located in the South side of Columbus and program supplies. The Columbus Recreation and Parks Department has an established contract with Motivate International Inc., formerly known as Alta Bicycle Share, and will be modifying the current contract to include this additional CoGo Bike System. The Recreation and Parks Department will be providing the on-going yearly annual costs for this CoGo Bike Share System as defined in Ordinance 2037-2013.
The grant deliverables focus on strategies to address healthy eating, active living and smoke free living, with the goal of reducing chronic disease.
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 due to the grant deliverable requirements and need to implement the CoGo Share System. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program is funded by the Ohio Department of Health and does not generate revenue.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept additional funds from the Ohio Department of Health for the 2015 Creating Healthy Communities Grant Program in the amount of $50,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $50,000.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department Grants Fund, and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $50,000.00 in additional grant funds have been made available to the Health Department through th...
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