Explanation
Background:
Since 2014, the City, under the leadership of then-City Council President and now Mayor Andrew J. Ginther, has invested time and resources to address and reduce the infant mortality rate in Franklin County through the collaborative effort called CelebrateOne. To further prioritize the work of this initiative under the current administration, this legislation seeks to transfer CelebrateOne programming from Columbus Public Health to the Mayor’s Office. As part of the 2017 amended operating budget (2862-2016 and 2863-2016), and accompanying authorized strength ordinance (0059-2017), program leadership was transferred to the Mayors’ Office. This legislation will authorize the transfer of the remainder of CelebrateOne personnel and other programmatic funding from Columbus Public Health to the Mayor’s Office. Accompanying legislation (0694-2017) seeks approval to change the authorized strength for both departments to allow for this transfer, effective with the pay period beginning 4/23/2017.
Emergency: This legislation is being submitted as emergency to allow for proper accounting of this program and to allow for as little interruption in services as possible.
Fiscal Impact: CelebrateOne is currently funded by Health’s special revenue fund as well as three private grants. In transitioning this program, authority for the budget balances, outstanding encumbrances and obligations, as well as future expenditures in the grants is being transferred to the Mayor’s Office. Health’s special revenue fund will be reduced through a reduction in the general fund subsidy it receives by a total of $538,032. This amount will be added to the Mayor’s Office general fund appropriation to cover programmatic expenses for the remainder of the year.
Title
To transfer responsibility for the CelebrateOne initiative from Columbus Public Health to the Mayor’s Office; to reduce Health’s special revenue fund by $538,032.00 through a reduction in the general fund ...
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