Explanation
BACKGROUND: The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the City Auditor to create a new subfund within the City’s Special Purpose Fund to account for the activities of the Dental Sealant Medicaid Program at Columbus Public Health. The primary purpose of the Dental Sealant Program is to prevent dental caries among school children through an evidence-based community approach. The program targets higher-risk schools in order to reach higher-risk children. In addition to currently served second and third grade students, the program will be expanded to include sixth and seventh grade students along with additional second and third grade students.
All monies received from these activities are used to staff the program and replenish the supplies needed to execute the program. In order to properly track and account for these monies, we are requesting that the City Auditor create a new subfund within the City's Special Purpose Fund, Fund No. 2223.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to create a new subfund within the City’s Special Purpose Fund to properly account for these revenues and expenses.
FISCAL IMPACT: Currently, revenues collected from the Dental Sealant Medicaid Program are deposited into the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 2251, to the Dental Sealant Program Grant, Project No. G501418, G501508 and G501604. Utilizing the City’s Special Purpose Fund provides the best means for properly tracking and accounting for these monies.
At the writing of this ordinance, there is $176,458.42 available in Project No. G501418; $158,021.40 available in Project No. G501508; and $14,857.81 available in Project No. G501604. This ordinance will authorize the City Auditor to transfer the unencumbered cash balances of Project No. G501418, Project No. G501508 and Project No. G501604 to the City’s Special Purpose Fund and appropriate those monies to the Health Department for the staffing and purchase of supplies for the Dental Sealant Medicai...
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