Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health (CPH) has identified a need for additional personnel support for the CelebrateOne Initiative Plan to reduce infant mortality. The goal for the CelebrateOne Initiative is to first have healthy families and neighborhoods. Columbus must implement a strong neighborhood-based strategy. Studies show that the social determinants play such a big role in our infant mortality crisis, many activities and resources will be targeted to the highest risk neighborhoods. These "hot spot" neighborhoods (by geographic analysis) had infant mortality rates up to three times higher than that of the community overall. The 8 neighborhoods comprise less than 10% of Franklin County births, but account for nearly 1 in 4 infant deaths and 1 in 3 non-white infant deaths in Franklin County. They also had higher rates of poverty, food insecurity, neighborhood crime, unemployment, housing instability and transportation barriers. These 8 "hot spots" or zones for more intensive work were identified in the plan.
This ordinance authorizes and directs the City Auditor to provide for the transfer of $82,246.00 within the Health Special Revenue Fund to properly align appropriation for the need for additional personnel to work with the neighborhood strategies. This ordinance also authorizes the transfer of appropriation within the General Fund from CPH to the Department of Development to increase the funding to support a fulltime Program Planner to work with the Neighborhood Initiatives. Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services to meet the goals of the CelebrateOne Initiatives.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this Ordinance is available in the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 2250 and the General Fund, Fund 1000.
Title
To authorize and direct the City Auditor to provide the transfer of $82,246.00 within the Health Special Revenue fund to properly align appropriation to support personnel expenditures for the CelebrateOne Initiatives; to authorize and direct the transfer of appropriation totaling $42,754.00 within the General Fund from the Health Department to the Department of Development; and to declare an emergency. ($125,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer appropriation authority among the Object Classes in order to allow the Board of Health and the Development Director to hire personnel to assist the CelebrateOne Initiatives; and,
WHEREAS, $42,754.00 is available in the General Fund for use by the Department of Development to hire a fulltime Planner for the Neighborhood initiatives; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to transfer funds to meet CelebrateOne Initiatives for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare and to avoid any delays in providing program services to meet grant deliverables; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $82,246.00 between the various classes within the Health Special Revenue Fund, Fund No. 2250, Division 5001 as follows:
FROM:
Object Class Main Account Program . Section 3 Sect. 4 Sect. 5 Amount
03 63920 CW001 500115 HE37 n/a $82,246.00
TO:
Object Class Main Account Program . Section 3 Sect. 4 Sect. 5 Amount
01 61101 CW001 500115 HE37 n/a $55,601.00
01 61601 CW001 500115 HE37 n/a $17,496.00
01 61731 CW001 500115 HE37 n/a $ 7,556.00
01 61900 CW001 500115 HE37 n/a $ 810.00
01 61651 CW001 500115 HE37 n/a $ 783.00
Total $82,246.00
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $42,754.00 within the General Fund, Fund No. 1000, Subfund No. 100010, from the Health Department, Division No. 5001, Object Class 10, Main Account 69101, Program CW001 to the Department of Development, Division 4406, as follows:
Object Class Main Account Program SubFund Amount
01 61101 PL002 100010 $27,851.00
01 61601 PL002 100010 $10,182.00
01 61731 PL002 100010 $ 3,899.00
01 61900 PL002 100010 $ 418.00
01 61651 PL002 100010 $ 404.00
Total $42,754.00
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Development Director, 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. 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 5. 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.