Explanation
The Board of Health has been awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Health to fund the Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program for the period October 1, 2021, through September 30, 2022. Columbus Public Health has been designated as the primary grantee agency and administrator for all WIC programs in Franklin County. The grant funds awarded provide for a contract with Ohio Support Services for $110,064.00, for security services at three WIC clinics.
The contract compliance number for Ohio Support Services is 31-0945405.
Emergency action is requested in order to avoid any delays in providing program services.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Women, Infants and Children Program is entirely funded by the Ohio Department of Health. This program does not generate any revenue or require a City Match.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to enter into a contract with Ohio Support Services for security services at three WIC clinics; to authorize the expenditure of $110,064.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($110,064.00)
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WHEREAS, The Ohio Department of Health has designated the Columbus Health Department as primary grantee agency and fund administrator for the Women, Infants and Children Grant Program in Franklin County; and,
WHEREAS, Ohio Support Services will provide various services to meet all grant deliverables required by the Women, Infants and Children Grant; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Health Department in that it is immediately necessary to enter into this contract for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare and to avoid any delays in providing program services to meet grant deliverables; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Ohio Support Services for security services for the period ...
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