Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $138,200.00 in the City’s Special Purpose Fund, Fund No. 2223, to the Health Department for fiscal year 2019. This is the annual appropriation ordinance for Health’s special purpose activities: 1) Rabies Clinic Program, 2) Ohio Childhood Auto Safety Program, and 3) TB Prevention and Control Program, that allows for the continued operations of these special purpose programs for the Health Department. This ordinance provides for the appropriation of all the cash in the fund not encumbered for any other purpose and for the appropriation of all future deposits of cash into the fund not encumbered for any other purpose.
Emergency action is requested to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
FISCAL IMPACT: These special purpose programs collect fees for the services provided.
Title
To make appropriations for the twelve months ending December 31, 2019, for the City’s Special Purpose Fund, to the Department of Health, in various object levels, for the continued operations of Health’s special purpose activities; and to declare an emergency. ($138,200.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is immediately necessary to appropriate funds for the Health Department’s Rabies Clinic Program, Ohio Childhood Auto Safety Program, and TB Prevention and Control Program, in the City’s Special Purpose Fund for the 12 months beginning January 1, 2019, and ending December 31, 2019; and
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual, daily operations of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate these funds to the Health Department 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 from the monies in the fund known as the City’s Special Purpose Fund, Fund No. 2223, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources during the 12 months ending December 31, 2019, there be and hereby are appropriated to the Department of Health, Department No. 50, Division No. 5001, per the accounting codes attached to this ordinance, for use during the 12 months ending December 31, 2019:
Total Appropriation for Fund No. 2223: $138,200.00
SECTION 2. That an amount up to, but not exceeding the cash in the fund not encumbered for any other purpose is hereby appropriated within the Special Purpose Fund, Fund 2223, and all related fee revenue income received during the year is hereby deemed appropriated.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon the order of the Health Commissioner except that small claims in an amount not to exceed Two Thousand Five Hundred Dollars ($2,500.00) may be paid as authorized by Chapter 335 of the Columbus City Code, 1985, as amended; and except that payments or transfers between departments, divisions or funds of the City may be made by the City Auditor; and that payments for premiums for official bonds, depository commissions, employees' hospitalization, life insurance, pension, dental insurance and prepaid legal services, shall be made on the order and approval of the Director of the Department of Finance or City Auditor; and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except upon voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. That, except in the matter of payrolls providing for the payment of salaries of officers and employees regularly employed by the City and extraordinary emergencies, no warrant shall be issued in liquidation of vouchers, unless the department contracting the expense shall have first obtained an order duly certified that there are sufficient funds appropriated to the credit of the proper fund from which the expenditure is to be made, which certificate must be obtained prior to the incurrence of the obligation, and the head of any department or division authorized to contract expenditures will be held personally responsible for any obligation incurred contrary to the provisions of this section. Such certificate shall not be issued for obligations pertaining to "Capital Outlay" in programs or activities funded by federal or state categorical grants without the prior approval of the Director of the Department of Finance and Management.
SECTION 5. That with the exception of the provisos (reasons) established in previous sections, as stated in the reason paragraphs following each sub-department's appropriation, it is understood that this Council is not making specific appropriations for each item of every classification hereinbefore contained but only for the total for each department and sub-department, as shown in the final column. The itemized classification shall, however, constitute limitations on the powers of the Health Commissioner as granted in Section 4 and no such officer shall make any expenditure for any other purpose in any amount beyond that of the particular classification, provided, however, that transfers may be made from one Object Level 1 to another, within any one department or division. Transfers of sums exceeding $100,000.00 shall be authorized only by the resolution of Council. Transfers of sums of $100,000.00, or less, shall be approved by letter over the signatures of the Health Commissioner, the Director of the Department of Finance and Management, the City Auditor, and the Chairman of the Committee of Finance.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to pay obligations of various departments pertaining to preceding years' obligations from current appropriations up to a maximum of $25,000.00 per obligation.
SECTION 7. 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 8. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this ordinance.
SECTION 9. 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.