Explanation
Background:
CelebrateOne, in the Office of the Mayor, addresses the social determinants of health in the highest priority areas. This ordinance highlights one of most critical social determinants of health: education. The need to provide a neighborhood intervention to reduce teen pregnancy and address comprehensive teen reproductive health education is part of CelebrateOne’s goals to reduce infant mortality. This ordinance authorizes the Office of the Mayor to enter into a contract with National Center for Urban Solutions, Inc. located in the Near East neighborhood in an amount of $100,000.00 for the period of June 1, 2018 through June 1, 2019.
The National Center for Urban Solutions founded Academy of Urban Scholar High School in 2011. The high school will be responsible to implement this neighborhood intervention at their site to address teen pregnancy and teen reproductive health education to reduce infant mortality. The students who attend the Academy of Urban Scholars are from the various CelebrateOne high priority neighborhoods with a total minority enrollment at 100%. The high school is a committed partner to address infant mortality with CelebrateOne.
Emergency action is requested in order to ensure deliverables can begin immediately to reduce infant mortality.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for this contract had been budgeted in the 2018 General Fund for CelebrateOne.
Title
To authorize and direct the Office of the Mayor to enter into contract with National Center for Urban Solutions to provide teen reproductive health education and address infant mortality which will be held at the Academy for Urban Scholars in the Near East neighborhood; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 from the general fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Office of the Mayor has a need to enter into contract with the National Center for Urban Solutions to address infant mortality in the Near East neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the Academy for Urban Scholars will provide a modified comprehensive teen reproductive health Planned Parenthood curriculum to high school students; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to enter into contract with the National Center for Urban Solutions to avoid delays in providing program services 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 and directed to enter into contract with the National Center for Urban Solutions to be held at the Academy for Urban Scholars high school to meet deliverables for the period of June 1, 2018 to June 1, 2019 in an amount not to exceed $100,000.00.
SECTION 2. That to pay the cost of said contract, the expenditure of $100,000.00 is hereby authorized to be expended from the City’s General Fund 1000, Department 4001 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.