Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Office of the Mayor to accept $136,000.00 in grant funds from the Columbus Foundation. These grant proceeds have been made available by the Crane family in support of the CelebrateOne initiative. These grant funds will be used to expand the use of Community Health workers to reduce infant mortality in support of the Enhanced Maternal Health Program. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $136,000.00 in grant money to fund this program for the time period of April 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019.
Emergency action is requested so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible to meet the grant deliverables. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program activity is funded in part by the Celebrate One Fund at The Columbus Foundation and does not generate revenue nor require a City match. Grant G401804.
Title
To authorize the Office of the Mayor to accept grant funds for CelebrateOne from The Columbus Foundation in support of the Enhanced Maternal Health Program in the amount of $136,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $136,000.00 to the City's Private Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($136,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $136,000.00 in grant funds have been made available to the Office of the Mayor through the Crane family from Columbus Foundation for the CelebrateOne initiative; and
WHEREAS, these grant funds will be used to expand the use of Community Health workers to reduce infant mortality in support of the Enhanced Maternal Health Program; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Office of the Mayor to accept and appropriate $136,000.00 in grant money to fund this program for the time period of April 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the The Columbus Foundation from the Crane family, and to appropriate these funds in support of the CelebrateOne initiative 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 Office of the Mayor is hereby authorized to accept a grant award of $136,000.00 for CelebrateOne from The Columbus Foundation for the time period of April 1, 2018-June 30, 2019.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the fund known as the City's Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 2291, Grant No. G401804 and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the grant period, the sum of $136,000.00, and any eligible interest earned during the grant period, is hereby appropriated upon receipt of an executed grant agreement in Fund 2291, to the Office of the Mayor, Division No. 40-01.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Office of the Mayor, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. That, at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies, if applicable, may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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.