Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Office of the Mayor to enter into contract with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to lead teen reproductive health education in CelebrateOne high priority neighborhoods: Linden, Franklinton, Hilltop, Northeast, Northland, South Side, Southeast and Near East. This contract will support the CelebrateOne goal to improve reproductive health planning by implementing evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programming in schools and community organization that serve teens who are at the highest risk of becoming pregnant.
Emergency action is requested in order to ensure that the work can begin promptly as the Franklin county grant expires September 30, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes an expenditure of $100,000 from Franklin County Department of Jobs and Family Services Grant G401903.
Title
To authorize the Office of the Mayor to enter into a contract with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to provide teen reproductive health education and support CelebrateOne’s goal to improve reproductive health planning in its high priority neighborhoods; to authorize the expenditure of $100,000.00 from the City’s General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS in June 2014, the Greater Columbus Infant Mortality Task Force released of its final report to the residents of Franklin County and has 8 recommendations to reduce infant mortality; and
WHEREAS many Columbus teens experience barriers to essential health knowledge and access to services they need to make a safe and responsible life-planning decisions that are critical to individual and family well-being; and
WHEREAS CelebrateOne in partnership with Nationwide Children’s Hospital are committed to implement a comprehensive, medically-accurate, evidence-based, reproductive health curriculum in Columbus City middle schools to address the need in our community; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the office to enter into contract with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to implement evidence based pregnancy prevention programming in schools and community organizations in high priority neighborhoods, 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 enter into a contract with Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
SECTION 2. That, to pay the costs of said contract, the expenditure of $100,000.00 is hereby authorized from the General Government Grants Fund, Fund No. 2220, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That this contract is in compliance with Section 329.30 of the Columbus City Code.
SECTION 4. 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 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.