Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Executive Director, Office of CelebrateOne to accept and appropriate funding from the Ohio Department of Health, Disparities in Maternal Health Community Birth Equity Fund in the amount of $20,000.00.
The project was in three phases: Building a Strong Foundation, Elevating Community Voices and Sharing Out and Moving to Action. The first phase working with a CelebrateOne core team will align on the project goals, roles and establish a timeline. Design Impact will facilitate training and co-creation sessions with CelebrateOne recruiting peer researchers and groups of pregnant and parenting individuals which geographically and demographically represent families most impacted by infant and maternal morbidity from CelebrateOne zip codes.
The funding was used to establish contracts with Design Impact and Nationwide Children's Hospital to provide such services. However, the invoices from Nationwide Children's Hospital PO293647 were paid out from the General Fund in error. This ordinance will allow an expenditure correction to move the expense from the General Fund into Grant G402102 from where it should have been paid.
Emergency action is requested in order to correct the expenditure from the General Fund into Grant G402102.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation accepts and appropriates an additional $20,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Health, Birth Equity Grant #G402102. General Government Grant Fund 2220.
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To authorize the Office of CelebrateOne to accept and appropriate $20,000.00 from the Ohio Department of Health, Disparities in Maternal Health Community Grant Program, in the City's General Government Grant Fund 2220; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
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WHEREAS, this ordinance authorizes the Office of CelebrateOne to accept and appropriate $20,000.00 additional funding from the Ohio Department of Health, Disparities in Maternal Health Community Grant Program; and
WHEREAS, the appropriation will allow an expenditure correction to be completed to move the expense into the grant G402102 fund from the General fund; and
WHEREAS this ordinance is being submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City’s accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Office of CelebrateOne in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the acceptance and appropriation of funds from the Birth Equity grant in order to process an expenditure correction 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 Executive Director, Office of CelebrateOne is hereby authorized to accept and appropriate additional funds from the Ohio Department of Health, Disparities in Maternal Health Community Grant Program.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Office of CelebrateOne Grants Fund, Fund No. 2220, Grant No. G402102 and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the twelve months ending December 30, 2022, the sum of $20,000.00 is hereby appropriated and authorized to the Office of CelebrateOne, Division No. 40-05, per the accounting codes attached to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Mayor’s Office, 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. 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. 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 7. 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.