Explanation
Ordinance number 2762-2014, approved by City Council on December 15, 2014, authorized the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Access HealthColumbus doing business as Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus in the amount of $40,000.00 to facilitate the assessment of health services and launch an outreach effort for vaccinations needed by Columbus City School students for the contract period of December 1, 2014 through November 30, 2015.
This ordinance is needed to authorize and direct an extension to contract EL017546 for a time period ending January 31, 2016 with Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus. This modification is needed to complete the deliverables on the vaccination project with Columbus City Schools.
Emergency action is requested for this contract modification in order to ensure that all work on the outreach efforts for vaccination with Columbus City School students is completed.
FISCAL IMPACT: No further funding needs are required for the modification to extend the contract with Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to modify by extending an existing contract with Access HealthColumbus doing business as Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus to allow deliverables to be completed on the outreach efforts for vaccinations with Columbus City Schools; and to declare an emergency. ($0.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify contract EL017546 with Access HealthColumbus doing business as Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus by extending these services; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to modify contract EL017546 to allow for deliverables to be met 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 to modify by extending the time period for contract EL017546 with Access HealthColumbus doing business as Healthcare Collaborative of Greater Columbus through January 31, 2016.
SECTION 2. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby 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.