Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $2,536,161.00 in the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 2251, for fiscal year 2020. This is the annual appropriation ordinance for Columbus Public Health grants that allows for the continued operations of the various grant programs at the Health Department.
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 grant projects are funded through State and County grant awards. Some grant projects collect fees and some are subsidized by donations.
Title
To make appropriation for the twelve months ending December 31, 2020, for the Health Department Grants Fund, to the Department of Health, in various projects and object classes, for the continued operations of grant programs; and to declare an emergency. ($2,536,161.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is immediately necessary to appropriate funds for the Health Department’s grant programs for the 12 months beginning January 1, 2020, and ending December 31, 2020 that allows for the continued operations of the various grant programs at the Health Department, upon receipt of executed grant agreements; 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 operation of the Columbus Health Department 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 Health Department Grants Fund...
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