Explanation
Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the Regents of The University of Michigan originating from the Department of Health and Human Services, Health Resources and Services Administration. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $25,000.00 in grant monies to fund the 2021-2022 University of Michigan Region V Public Health Training Center (PHTC) Grant Program for the period of July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2022, year four of a four-year continuation grant.
Columbus Public Health will serve as a community-based training partner to strengthen the public health workforce and improve population health outcomes through tailored workforce development initiatives. CPH activities and initiatives include participation on PHTC advisory boards and committees, facilitation of faculty-student collaboration projects, student field placements, and dissemination of educational materials and recruitment.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency so a delay in service does not occur since the grant starts July 1, 2021 for the new grant cycle.
FISCAL IMPACT: The program is fully funded by the Regents of The University of Michigan and does not generate revenue or require a City match ($25,000.00).
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Regents of The University of Michigan for the 2021-2022 University of Michigan Region V Public Health Training Center grant program in the amount of $25,000.00; to authorize the appropriation of $25,000.00 to the Health Department in the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($25,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $25,000.00 in grant funds have been made available to Columbus Public Health through the Regents of The University of Michigan for the 2021-2022 University of Michigan Region V Public Health Training Center Grant Program; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept this grant from the Regents of The University of Michigan, and to appropriate these funds to the Health Department for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary to accept these grant funds from the Ohio Department of Health to meet deliverables and to appropriate these funds to Columbus Public Health for the immediate preservation of the public health, property, safety and welfare, and to avoid delay in client services; 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 $25,000.00 from the Regents of The University of Michigan for the 2021-2022 University of Michigan Region V Public Health Training Center Grant for the period July 1, 2021, through June 30, 2022.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Health Department Grants Fund, Fund No. 2251, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources for the period ending June 30, 2022, the sum of $25,000.00 and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division No. 5001 per the accounting codes attached in this ordiance.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Health Commissioner, 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 4. 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 5. 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 6. That for 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.