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 the Ohio Department of Health for the 2015 Creating Healthy Communities Grant Program; and,
WHEREAS, the grant deliverables require the purchase of a CoGo Bike Sharing System in the south side of Columbus to be purchased by the Columbus Recreation and Park's Department; 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 Ohio Department of Health due to the deliverable timeline, and to appropriate these funds to the Health Department 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 additional funds in the amount of $50,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Health for the 2015 Creating Healthy Communities Grant Program for the grant period through December 31, 2015
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 251, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources during the grant period, the sum of $50,000.00 is appropriated upon receipt of an executed grant agreement and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division No. 50-01, as follows:
2015 Healthy Communities:
OCA: 501505 Grant No.: 501505 Object Level One 06, Object Level Three Code 6621, Amount $49,895.12.
OCA: 501505 Grant No.: 501505 Object Level One 03, Object Level Three Code 3333, Amount $104.88.
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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.