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Home My WebLink AboutOrdinance 11535w' ORDINANCE NO ~-/~ `-~~ AN ORDINANCE APPROPRIATING $201,331.00 TO THE GENERAL FUND AND DECREASING THE UNRESERVED, UNDESIGNATED FUND BALANCE BY THE SAME AMOUNT FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERIM FINANCING OF COSTS PENDING THE EXECUTION OF FOUR ADDITIONAL GRANT CONTRACT ATTACHMENTS TO THE LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES CONTRACT, PROVIDING FOR A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE, MAKING THIS ORDINANCE CUMULATIVE OF PRIOR ORDINANCES AND REPEALING ALL PRIOR ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT HEREWITH, AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE. BE IT ORDAINED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS: SECTION 1 That in addition to those amounts allocated to the various City departments for the Fiscal Year 1993- 94 and in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased appropriations in the General Fund in the amount of $201,331.00; thereby decreasing the unreserved, undesignated fund balance by the same amount, for the purpose of interim financing of costs pending the execution of four additional grant contract. attachments to the Local Health Services Contract. SECTION 2. Should any portion, section or part of a section of this ordinance be declared invalid, inoperative or void for any reason by a court of competent jurisdiction, such decision, opinion or judgment shall in no way impair the remaining portions, sections, or parts of sections of this ordinance, which said remaining provisions shall be and remain in full force and effect. SECTION 3. That this ordinance shall be cumulative of Ordinance No. 11379 and all other ordinances and appropriations amending the same except in those instances where the provisions of this ordinance are in direct conflict with such other ordinances and appropriations, in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed. SECTION 4. This ordinance shall take effect and be in full force and effect from and after the date of its passage, and it is so ordained. APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY A Date ' ' -~ Adopted ~- ~ ~'~ Effective City of Fort Worth, Texas • Mayor and Council Communication DATE REFERENCE NUMBER LOG NAME PAGE 04/05/94 **C-14245 50TDHLHS 1 of 4 I SUBJECT I TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (TDH) FY 1993-94 LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES I CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT RECOMMENDATIONS It is recommended that the City Council 1 Authorize the City Manager to accept and execute the Texas Department of Health (TDH) FY 1993-94 Local Health Services Contract, Document No C5000213, with the Public Health Department, 2 Authorize the City Manager to accept and execute TDH Document No C5000213, .Attachment 01, for STD/HIV services in an amount not to exceed 5229,697 00, • 3 Authorize the City Manager to submit TDH grant renewal applications for eleven additional attachments to Document No C5000213, supporting the following Health Department programs Tuberculosis Control, STD Control, Community and Rural Health, Maternal and Child Health, and WIC, 4 Adopt the attached supplemental appropriations ordinance increasing appropriations by 5201,331 00 in the General Fund and decreasing the unreserved, undesignated fund balance of the General Fund by the same amount for interim financing of costs pending the execution of four of the eleven grant contract attachments to Document No C5000213, 5 Authorize the Fiscal Services Department to create new project numbers in Grants Fund .corresponding to the additional eleven anticipated grant contact attachments included under TDH Document No C5000213, 6 .Approve the transfer of 5201,331 00 from General Fund GG01,Nor-Departmental, to the •new projects created in the Grants Fund, 7 Authorize the City Manager to accept and execute the eleven additional TDH grant contract attachment renewals upon receipt, and 8 Waive the indirect costs, estimated to be 5318,580 00 (based on the current indirect cost rate of 20 89%), associated with these eleven grant contract attachments, in order for the department to continue its current level. of service delivery Failure to waive indirect costs will necessitate a reduction of services provided by the Health Department ~~~ Printed on recycled paper City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE REFERENCE N[]bIBER LOG NAME PAGE 04/05/94. **C-14245 50TDHLHS~ 2 of 4 svsJECT TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (TDH) FY 1993-94 LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT DISCUSSION The Texas Department of Health .(TDH) provides on-going financial and direct support to the Fort Worth Public Health Department for a variety of public health services through yearly Local Health Services contract agreements During FY 1993-94, this yearly contractual support, Document No 05000213, is anticipated to exceed 53 3 million Although this TDH contract has a fiscal year "1995" designation, some of the attach- ments start as early as February 1994 The purpose of this M&C is to authorize the TDH Local Health Services contract with one attached program renewal agreement, to authorize eleven additional renewal agreements, and to arrange interim financing for four of the eleven renewal agreements The terms of the Local Health Services umbrella contract are contained in the General Provisions for Texas Department of Health Contracts Also included in the originating contract is the first grant contract renewal for this fiscal year, Attachment 01, which provides 5229,697 00 in financial assistance for the provision of Sexually Transmitted. Disease (STD) Clinic services Because this attachment is ready to be signed upon approval of this M&C, no funds need to be borrowed from the undesignated; unreserved fund for this attachment Throughout the fiscal year, as existing .grant contracts expire, renewal applications are required to continue programming support from TDH Traditionally, as yearly contract periods expire, delays in contract renewal approval and execution processes within both governmental agencies ~"result in periods when there are programs operating without auth- orized funding When this occurs, expenditures continue to be charged to expired con- tractsand are then backed out and charged to current contracts when monies are actually received from TDH This expenditure transfer process is alabor-intensive endeavor for both Public Health and Fiscal Services staff TDH auditors have also cited this practice as being inconsistent with the contracts' fiscal reporting requirements As approved by Council last year and requested again this year, the recommendations will eliminate the necessity of charging expenditures to expired contracts and manually backing out these charges at a later date By utilizing the unreserved, undesignated fund of the General Fund for interim financing (50% of project contract totals), projects and. appropriations for anticipated grant contracts will be established prior to the expiration of current contracts Upon receipt of the executed TDH contract, the unreserved, undesignated fund of the General Fund will be reimbursed in the amount of 5201,331 00 Authorized funding will be uninterrupted and the time-consuming process of transferring • • s ~~ Printed on recycled paper City of Fort worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE REFERENCE NUMBER: LOG NAME PAGE 04/05/94 **C-14245 50TDHLHS 3 of 4 SUBJECT TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF~ H.EALTH (TDH) FY 1993-94 LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT expenditures.eliminated All prior year Health Department grant contract funding -has been reimbursed to the General Fund's unreserved, undesignated fund Such interim financing will be requested later in the year for other TDH grants, if needed In recent years, all indirect costs associated with TDH grant contracts were waived by City Council to maximize potential funding and prevent Public Health Department staff and service reductions Since TDH funding primarily supports personnel (and funding is typically constant from year to year), the City's collection of indirect cost allocations would require a substantial transfer of funds from personnel categories, resulting in reductions of staff and services Based on an indirect cost rate of 20 89%, indirect cost allocations would total 5318,580 00 of anticipated TDH grant funding The following is a listing of four TDH grant contracts proposed for interim financing allocations (50% of anticipated funding support) Project No. 301 191 Tuberculosis (High Risk Populations) 5 26,980 00 301192 Tuberculosis Outreach 139,075 00 301197 Tuberculosis Jail Outreach 22,484 00 301199 Tuberculosis Outreach (community based 12,792 00 organizations) Five of the remaining contracts to be executed during the year are Maternal and Child Health, Tuberculosis Control, Refugee Health, Sexually Transmitted Disease State Support, and Women, Infants and Children (WIC) , The final two of the eleven contracts to be executed during this year are Community and Rural Health, and Laboratory Health Services These contracts require direct support only, no financial support FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that upon execution of these agreements with the Texas Department o'f Health, .and adoption of the attached appropriations ordinance, funds required for the expenditures above will be available in the current operating budget of the Grants Fund • ~~'~ Printed on recycled paper City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATE RSFSRSNCS NUMBSR LOG NAME PALS 04/05/94 **C-14245 50TDHLHS 4 of 4 SUBJECT TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (TDH) FY 1993-94 LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT The Director of Fiscal Services further certifies that upon execution of the grant contracts listed herein, the 5201,331 00 utilized as interim financing will be transferred back to the General Fund's unreserved, undesignated fund balance LW I Attachment u mttte or qty anager s Office by: (to) (4)GGO1 538070 0903500 201,331: (6)GR76 488073 050301191000 26,980 APP~V Y GU (6)GR7 48807 0503 1 000 1 9,075 ~ ~®j ~~r~ ~~ ~ (6)GR76 488073 050301197000 $22,484 v V V 1 Libby Watson 614 _ ' Originating Department Head: ~ IK R g Dr Nick Curry 7201 (rom) (6)GGO1 538070 0903500 $201,331 ~~ ~„~.ci~~/ or Additional Information (4)GGO1 301000 0000000 201,331. CIt~~[eti?70I~! Contact: ~O~~~tWo~~4Te~s Dr Nick Curry 7201 • V ~== Printed on recycled paper