Explanation
The purpose of this ordinance is to authorize the Public Safety Director, on behalf of the Division of Fire, to establish a purchase order with Make A Point Apparel Printing, LLC, an authorized vendor, for the purchase of custom T-shirts for distribution to participants of the “Citizen Responder - Safe a Life; Don’t Take a Life” program.
Columbus' opportunity neighborhoods see a disproportionate loss of life from sudden cardiac arrest, trauma from gunshot wounds, and drug overdoses compared to the City as a whole. There is a need for enhanced community intervention to provide acute care prior to emergency medical personnel’s arrival. Opportunity neighborhoods also experience higher rates of violence among young people. There is an opportunity to engage these young people as community responders to save lives instead of taking them. Citizen Responders are specially trained young people, armed with the knowledge and ability to provide lifesaving care before emergency medical services arrive. This program focuses on providing at-risk youth with training in C.P.R., Narcan administration, Stop the Bleed, and basic first aid training so they can be empowered to save a life. This training will be provided by the Division of Fire’s RREACT team in the city’s designated “high-crime” areas. The goal is to provide this training to 300 youth this summer. The T-shirts will be distributed to young people who complete the training.
The vendor is:
Make A Point Apparel Printing LLC. (MBE)
3248 E. 11th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43219
Vendor Number: 035845
Certification Number: CC0355845
Below are the items to be purchased:
250 custom T-shirts (65 M; 100 L; 85 XL) @$7.50 each
100 custom T-shirts (25 2X; 25 3X) @ $9.50 each
Shipping Fees: None
Total cost: $2,475.00
This legislation also authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $2,475 within the Public Safety Initiative subfund.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency action is necessary to ensure that supplies are available for the program in time for use in the summer months.
FISCAL IMPACT: Total appropriation is $2,475.00 and is available in the 2021 budget within the Public Safety Initiative subfund, Fund 1000-100016.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the Division of Fire, to establish a purchase order with Make A Point Apparel Printing LLC, for the purchase of customized T-shirts for the Citizen Responder program; to authorize an appropriation and expenditure of $2, 475.00 within the Public Safety Initiative subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($2,475.00).
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WHEREAS, the purpose of the Citizen Responder “Save a Life: Don’t Take a Life” program is to engage youth in training opportunities in skills such as CPR, Narcan use, and basic first aid; and
WHEREAS, this training will be provided by the Division of Fire’s RREACT team in the city’s designated “high-crime” areas 300 youth this summer; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Director of Public Safety to purchase T-shirts for participating youth; and
WHEREAS, $2,475.00 is available in the Public Safety Initiative subfund to use for this purpose; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Director to establish a purchase order with Make A Point Apparel to ensure that supplies are available for the program in time for use in the summer months, for the 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 Director of the Department of Public Safety, on behalf of the Division of Fire, is hereby authorized to establish a purchase order for the acquisition of custom T-shirts for use by the Division of Fire with the following vendor(s): Make A Point Apparel Printing LLC; vendor # 035845
SECTION 2: That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $2,475 in the Public Safety Initiatives sub-fund, fund 1000, sub-fund 100016, to the Department of Public Safety, per accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3: That the expenditure of $2,475.00 or so much thereof as may be needed for the purpose of acquiring custom T-shirts, is hereby authorized in the Public Safety Initiatives sub-fund, fund 1000, sub-fund 100016 per accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 4. The monies in the foregoing Sections shall be paid upon order of the Director of Public Safety, and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 5. That 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 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.