Explanation
BACKGROUND
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize a purchase of pharmaceutical supplies from BoundTree Medical LLC for the Division of Police in the amount of $20,000. Columbus, along with other major cities, has been plagued by an opiate epidemic that is a crisis of unparalleled proportion, with devastating, often deadly consequences. Naloxone reverses the effects of overdose for opioids such as heroin, fentanyl, and carfentanil. In an effort to prevent additional deaths, the City began equipping some uniformed personnel of the Division of Police (CPD) with this life-saving drug in summer 2016. The results were immediate, as CPD successfully administered Naloxone 58 times during the pilot program. In all of 2016, CPD and the Columbus Division of Fire administered over 2,300 doses. With CPD’s commitment to expand the program, additional funding has been requested to provide 329 doses of Narcan along with the mucosal atomizer devices to administer the drug. This ordinance authorizes the expenditure of $20,000 within the Public Safety Initiatives Fund for these pharmaceutical supplies.
BID INFORMATION: A Universal Term Contract established by the Purchasing Office with BoundTree Medical LLC exists for these purchases. BoundTree Medical LLC is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
CONTRACT COMPLIANCE: BoundTree Medical LLC - #31-1739487 (Active C.C.: 02/17/2018).
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency action is requested to ensure that law enforcement is equipped with the sufficient amount of Naloxone to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the residents of Columbus.
FISCAL IMPACT: Total cost of the contract is $20,000 and is available in the 2017 budget within the Public Safety Initiative Fund, Fund 1000-100016.
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To authorize and direct the Finance and Management Director to issue a purchase order and associate all General Budget Reservations to BoundTree Medical LLC for the purchase of pharmaceutical supplies for the Division of Police; to authorize the expenditure of $20,000.00 from the Public Safety Initiative Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Police instituted a successful pilot program in 2016, equipping officers with Naloxone to revive opioid overdose victims; and,
WHEREAS, the Division of Police is expanding the program in 2017, and has need for further naloxone and related supplies; and,
WHEREAS, $20,000 is available in the Public Safety Initiatives Fund for the expenditure to provide for these supplies; and,
WHEREAS, a Universal Term Contract established by the Purchasing Office with BoundTree Medical LLC exists for these purchases; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Police, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize and direct the Finance and Management Director to issue a purchase order and associate all General Budget Reservations to BoundTree Medical LLC to purchase Naloxone and related supplies for officers to proceed with the program and 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 Finance and Management Director be and is hereby authorized to issue a purchase order and associate all General Budget Reservations resulting from this ordinance with the appropriate Universal Term Contract Purchase Agreement for the purchase of pharmaceutical supplies from BoundTree Medical LLC for the Division of Police.
SECTION 2: That the expenditure of $20,000, or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized in the Public Safety Initiatives Fund, Fund No. 1000-100016, in object class 02 (Materials and Supplies), per the account codes in the attachment 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 for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.