Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE) for the CSTE AITT grant program. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $5,000.00 in grant monies to fund this project for the period of February 1, 2019 through July 31, 2019.
This Applied Informatics Team Training (AITT) team will participate in trainings related to public health informatics and/or the team project. These trainings are intended to supplement the core training provided by the AITT program.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program is privately funded by the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists ($5,000.00) and does not generate revenue or require a city match.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists for the CSTE AITT Grant Program in the amount of $5,000.00; and to authorize the appropriation of $5,000.00 to the City’s Private Grants Fund. ($5,000.00)
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WHEREAS, grant funding has been made available to Columbus Public Health through the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists for the CSTE AITT Grant Program; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Board of Health to accept $5,000.00 in grant funds for the CSTE AITT Grant Program for the period of February 1, 2019 through July 31, 2019, and to appropriate these monies to the City’s Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 2291; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award of $5,000.00 from the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists for the CSTE AITT Grant Program for the period February 1, 2019 through July 31, 2019.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the City's Private Grants Fund, Fund No. 2291, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the grant peri...
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