Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the United Health Foundation to fund the CelebrateOne Community Connector Corps Project. This project helps support a citywide resident engagement program to connect pregnant women to medical and social supports in their neighborhood. The grant funds awarded provide for a contract with Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Central Ohio, a neighborhood not-for-profit community organization, to meet grant deliverables in an amount not to exceed $103,833.36.
This ordinance authorizes and directs the Board of Health to enter this contract for a total amount not to exceed $103,833.36 for a time period of February 1, 2017 through December 31, 2017. Formal bids were not solicited due to the knowledge and expertise of this neighborhood community organization and in accordance with the non-profit service provisions found in Chapter 329 of the Columbus City Code. Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) of Central Ohio's Contract Compliance Number is 31-4379594.
Franklin County had 149 infant deaths (rate being 8.5 deaths per 1,000 live births) from January through November 2016. 24 of them were sleep-related infant deaths (16%).
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services to meet grant deliverables.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for the contracts has been budgeted in the City’s Private Grants Fund.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to enter into a contract with the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Central Ohio for the deliverables of the United Health Foundation Grant to support the implementation of the CelebrateOne Community Connector Corps Project; to authorize the expenditure of $103,833.36 from the City’s Private Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($103,833.36)
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WHEREAS, the United Health Foundation has designated Columbus Public Health as the primary grantee agency for the CelebrateOne Community Connector Corps Project which helps support a citywide resident engagement program to connect pregnant women to medical and social supports in their neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Central Ohio has the expertise in their neighborhood community to provide services to meet all grant deliverables required by the United Health Foundation Grant; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Board of Health to enter into contract with the YMCA of Central Ohio in order to avoid any delays in providing program services to meet grant deliverables, all 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 enter into a contract with the Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Central Ohio to meet grant deliverables for the period of February 1, 2017 through December 31,2017, in an amount not to exceed $103,833.36.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $103,833.36 is hereby authorized to be expended from the City’s Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 2291, Division No. 5001, per the accounting codes attached to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. 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 4. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that this contract is properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the city’s financial records.
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.