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 and Parks to enter into contract with 7 community agencies for the provision of meals; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Recreation and Parks Department in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to enter into said contract as services need to be implemented as soon as possible in accordance with grant conditions, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Recreation and Parks be and is hereby authorized to enter into 7 contracts in the amount of up to $1,076,132.00 to provide nutrition services for the period March, 2020 through September 30, 2020 with the following community agencies:
Fayette County Commissioners
Licking County Aging Program
LifeCare Alliance (Franklin and Madison)
Meals on Wheels-Older Adult Alternatives of Fairfield County
Pickaway County Commission on Aging
SourcePoint (Delaware)
Union County Senior Services
SECTION 2. That these contracts are awarded pursuant to City Code Chapter 329 relating to non-profit service contracts.
SECTION 3. That the expenditure of $1,076,132.00 or so much thereof as may be necessary, be and is hereby authorized from Recreation and Parks Grant Fund No. 2286, Department No. 51, to pay the cost thereof, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. 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 legislation.
SECTION 5. That, at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 6. That for the 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 10 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.