Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Office of the Mayor to modify and extend a contract with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to develop an interactive, mobile-enabled, web-based tool designed to provide sexual and reproductive health information to teens and young adults located in the CelebrateOne high priority neighborhoods: Linden, Franklinton, Hilltop, Northeast, Northland, South Side, Southeast and Near East. The additional funding of $55,720.00 is from Franklin County Department of Job and Family Services. This contract will support the CelebrateOne goal to improve reproductive health planning by implementing evidence-based teen pregnancy prevention programming in schools and community organizations that serve teens who are at the highest risk of becoming pregnant.
The original contract, PO189569, was established by Ordinance 1637-2019 which was passed on July 1, 2019. The contract dates were from July 1, 2019 to September 30, 2019.
Emergency action is requested in order to ensure that the work can begin promptly as the Franklin County grant exires on December 31, 2019.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes an increase of $55,720.00 and extension term date through September 30, 2020. Franklin County Department of Jobs and Family Services Grant G401903.
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To authorize the Office of the Mayor to modify and extend a contract with Nationwide Children’s Hospital to develop an interactive, mobile-enabled, web-based tool 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 $55,720.00 from the City’s General Government Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($55,720.00)
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WHEREAS $55,720.00 in additional funds are needed for continued work with teen and young adults sexual and reproductive health education; 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 develop an interactive, mobile-enabled, web-based tool to provide sexual and reproductive health information to teens and young adults across Franklin County; 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 develop a interactive, mobile-enabled, web-based tool to provide sexual and reproductive health information to teens and young adults 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 modify and extend a contract with Nationwide Children’s Hospital.
SECTION 2. That, to pay the costs of said contract, the expenditure of $55,720.00 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 modification is in compliance with Section 329.09 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.