Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded additional funds from the Ohio Department of Health. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $200,000.00 in additional funds to fund the Coronavirus Response Supplemental Grant Program for the period of March 1, 2020 through December 30, 2020.
Emergency action is requested to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City’s accounting system as soon as possible to bolster the emergency response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
FISCAL IMPACT: The grant program award ($874,059.00) is fully funded by the Ohio Department of Health and does not generate revenue.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept additional funds from the Ohio Department of Health for the Coronavirus Response Supplemental Grant Program in the amount of $200,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $200,000.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($200,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, $200,000.00 in additional grant funds have been made available to the Health Department through the Ohio Department of Health for the Coronavirus Response Grant Program; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Department of Health for the support of the Coronavirus Response Grant Program; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in response to the COVID-19 pandemic in that it is immediately necessary to accept this grant from the Ohio Department of Health to prevent, prepare for, and respond to a public health emergency in central Ohio and 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 Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award of $200,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Health for the period March 1, 2020 through December 30, 2020.
SECTION 2. T...
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