Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Office of the Mayor to modify and extend a contract with Radio Research dba Civilis to continue the CelebrateOne mission to support, educate and assist the moms, moms to be, and other community members that need assistance. The additional funding of $21,000.00 will utilize funds from the Federal CARES Act Fund.
The original contract with Radio Research is PO230281 in the amount of $17,500.00, with contract term dates of May 4 to November 30, 2020. This modification will extend the contract end date to December 30, 2020. This contract modification is imperative that we are able to assist this vital group in developing other (digital) vehicles for building and maintaining relationships with their moms, moms to be, and other community members.
Emergency action is requested in order to ensure that the work can continue uninterrupted as the Federal Cares Act dollars expire December 30, 2020.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $21,000.00 from the Federal CARES Act Fund 2207 with Radio Research dba Civilis for continued digital strategy for the Connectors to build and maintain relationships with moms, moms to be, and other community members during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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To authorize the Office of the Mayor to modify and extend a contract with Radio Research, dba Civilis, to support CelebrateOne’s mission for the Community Connectors to maintain the same level of service to those they served as it was prior to the COVID-19 Pandemic; to authorize the expenditure of $21,000.00 from the Federal CARES Act Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($21,000.00)
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WHEREAS $21,000.00 in additional funds from the CARES Act Fund 2207 are needed to continue support, education and attention to moms, moms to be, and other community members who need assistance by other digital means; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to modify a contract by increasing and extending its term, so that Community Connectors can deliver the same level of attention and support services as it was prior to the COVID-19 pandemic; and
WHEREAS, the expenditure of Federal CARES Act funding is needed to modify a contract with Radio Research, dba Civilis, to adapt CelebrateOne services in a digital format, which has arisen due to the COVID-19 public health emergency; and
WHEREAS, such expenditures of funds has not been previously accounted for in the 2020 budget; and
WHEREAS CelebrateOne is committed to using interactive web based tool to provide support, education and attention to the needs of this group of moms and moms to be in our community; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of the Mayor in that it is immediately necessary to authorize him to modify a contract with Radio Research due to the COVID-19 pandemic to develop an interactive digital tool to provide the support that was previously experienced in person and so that the Federal CARES Act Funds can be utilized before the Federal deadline of December 30, 2020, 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, by extending and increasing, a contract with Radio Research, dba Civilis, to continue development of virtual format for Connector services with moms and moms to be and other community members who need assistance.
SECTION 2. That, to pay the costs of said contract, the expenditure of $21,000.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized from the Federal CARES Act Fund, No. 2207, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That this modification is in compliance with Chapter 329 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 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.
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.