Explanation
BACKGROUND: Ordinance number 1384-2017, approved by City Council on June 5, 2017, authorized the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Franklin County Public Health in the amount of $191,373.28 to maintain a Public Health Emergency Preparedness/Emergency Response System in the event of bioterrorism activities in Central Ohio. Additional funds have been made available by the Ohio Department of Health, Public Health Emergency Preparedness for the increase of this contract ending June 30, 2018.
This ordinance is needed to increase contract PO068478 in the amount of $8,234.22 for the total contract amount not to exceed $199,607.50 for a time period ending June 30, 2018 with Franklin County Public Health.
The Office of Emergency Preparedness writes and maintains the Columbus Public Health Emergency Response Plan. This Plan contains over 50 planning annexes such as infectious disease response and environmental health hazard response and mitigation plans covering the Columbus and Worthington jurisdictions.
Emergency action is requested for this contract modification in order to ensure that deliverables for the emergency preparedness activities can be completed prior to the end day of June 30, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Public Health Emergency Preparedness grant budget provides $199.607.50 for a contract with Franklin County Public Health. This ordinance is contingent on the passage of Ordinance 3308-2017.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to modify an existing contract with Franklin County Public Health for emergency preparedness activities through June 30, 2018; to authorize the expenditure of $8,234.22 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($8,234.22)
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WHEREAS, $8,234.22 in additional funds are needed for the continued work with emergency preparedness activities in Franklin County; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify contract PO068478 with Franklin County Public Health by i...
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