Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Office of the Mayor has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Medicaid, in partnership with the State’s Managed Care Plans. CelebrateOne has been designated as the primary grantee organization and administrator for this grant. The grant award will support multiple contracts in the amount not to exceed $2,873,128.07.
The contracts named in the approved grant application include:
Black Lactation Circle $17,714.00
The Center for Healthy Families $81,964.19
Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers $209,968.79
Men for the Movement $78,575.00
Moms2B $702,635.82
Nationwide Children’s Hospital $561,427.50
OhioHealth $127,713.92
Physicians CareConnection $415,000.00
PrimaryOne Health $78,772.71
Restoring Our Own Through Transformation $357,202.50
YMCA of Central Ohio $242,153.64
Total: $2,873,128.07
This ordinance waives relevant competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code. The vendors listed above were included in the grant application because of the specific services they can provide to fulfill deliverables.
EMERGENCY ACTION: This ordinance is submitted as an emergency as to not delay program services and to allow the financial transactions to be posted to the City’s accounting system as soon as possible
FISCAL IMPACT: The coordination of maternal health programs in Franklin County is funded entirely by the Ohio Department of Medicaid. This program does not generate any revenue or require a City match. This ordinance is contingent on Ordinance No. 3162-2019, which authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of $2,873,128.07 in Ohio Department of Medicaid grant monies to fund the coordination of maternal health programs in Franklin County.
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To authorize the Office of the Mayor to enter into several maternal health program contracts; to authorize the expenditure of $2,873,128.07 from the General Government Grants Fund 2220; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329; and to declare an emergency. ($2,873,128.07)
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WHEREAS, the Ohio Department of Medicaid has designated CelebrateOne as the primary grantee and administrator for this grant; and
WHEREAS, Black Lactation Circle, The Center for Healthy Families, Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers, Men for the Movement, Moms2B, Nationwide Children’s Hospital, OhioHealth, Physicians CareConnection, PrimaryOne Health, Restoring Our Own Through Transformation and YMCA of Central Ohio will provide various services to meet all of the grant deliverables required by the Ohio Department of Medicaid; and
WHEREAS, it is in the City’s best interest to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329 in order to enter into these contracts; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to accept these grant funds from the Ohio Department of Medicaid 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 contracts with the following agencies in order to meet grant deliverables for the period of January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2021 in an amount not to exceed $2,873,128.07.
Black Lactation Circle $17,714.00
The Center for Healthy Families $81,964.19
Heart of Ohio Family Health Centers $209,968.79
Men for the Movement $78,575.00
Moms2B $702,635.82
Nationwide Children’s Hospital $561,427.50
OhioHealth $127,713.92
Physicians CareConnection $415,000.00
PrimaryOne Health $78,772.71
Restoring Our Own Through Transformation $357,202.50
YMCA of Central Ohio $242,153.64
Total: $2,873,128.07
SECTION 2. That, to pay the costs of said contracts, the expenditure of $2,873,128.07 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 Council finds that it is in the best interest of the City to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code Chapter 329 to enter into these contracts.
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 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 and to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that these contracts are properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the City’s financial records.
SECTION 6. 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.