Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance will authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into a contract with seven (7) community agencies in connection with the Older Americans Act Title III Congregate and Home Delivered Meals program.
The seven (7) community agencies provide home delivered and other meal programs in the Central Ohio area including Delaware, Fairfield, Fayette, Franklin, Licking, Madison, Pickaway and Union Counties.
Ordinance No. 2221-2019, passed September 9, 2019, authorized various Older Americans Act Title III contracts for a one year period beginning January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020 in accordance with grant requirements. This ordinance authorizes additional funding of said contracts per the attached contract list.
Additional grant funds are being made available to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging for the period March 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 by the Families First Coronavirus Response Act.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:
Emergency action is requested so that the program can be implemented as soon as possible in accordance with grant conditions. This ordinance is contingent upon the passage of the appropriation ordinance.
FISCAL IMPACT:
$1,076.132.00 is required from the Recreation and Parks Grant fund to meet the financial obligation of these contracts. This ordinance is contingent upon passage of 1147-2020.
Title
To authorize the Director of Recreation and Parks to enter into supplemental contracts with 7 community agencies to provide nutrition services to older adults in Central Ohio; to authorize the expenditure of up to $1,076,132.00 from the Recreation and Parks Grant Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,076,132.00)
Body
WHEREAS, federal and state funding to enter into contract with community agencies was awarded to the Central Ohio Area Agency on Aging from the Ohio Department of Aging; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of Recreation ...
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