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HomeMy WebLinkAboutOrdinance 11792~ ry v ORDINANCE NO ~~ AN ORDINANCE INCREASING THE ESTIMATED RECEIPTS AND APPROPRIATIONS IN THE GRANTS FUND IN THE AMOUNT OF $2,767,036 00 FOR THE PURPOSE OF FUNDING THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH FISCAL YEAR 1994-95 LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT, PROVIDING FORA 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 1994-95 and in the Budget of the City Manager, there shall also be increased estimated receipts and appropriations in the Grants Fund in the amount of $2,767,036.00 for the purpose of funding the Texas Department of Health Fiscal Year 1994-95 Local Health Services Contract with the Public Health Department. 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 11645 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in which instance said conflicting provisions of said prior ordinances and appropriations are hereby expressly repealed.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 Cit Attorne ~ / /4 i(-- ~ Date J Adopted ~~~ Effective City of Fort i~orth, Texas ,Mayor and Counc,~il Communication LOG I NIIbIBBR *#``_l~~l I 01 /10/95 50TDHLHS 1 of 3 I svs~cT I SERV CES ONTRACT WITH THE PUBLICFHEALTH DEPARTMENTLOCAL HEALTH RECOMMENDATIONS It is recommended that the City Council 1 Authorize the City Manager to accept, execute, and submit renewal applications to the Texas Department of Health (TDH) for FY 1994-95 .Local Health Services Contract with the Public Health Department upon receipt, and adopt the attached appropriations ordinance, increasing estimated receipts and appropriations in the Grants Fund by 52,767,036 00 from increased revenue, and 2 Adopt the attached appropriations ordinance increasing appropriations by 5530,221 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 five of the twelve grant contract attachments to the Local Health Services Contract, 3 Authorize the Fiscal Services Department to create new project numbers in Grants Fund corresponding to the twelve anticipated grant contract attachments included under the Local Health Services Contract, 4 Approve the transfer of 5530,221 00 from General Fund, Non-Departmental, to the new projects created in the. Grants Fund, 5 Authorize the City Manager to accept a.nd execute the twelve TDH grant contract attachment renewals upon receipt, and 6 Waive the indirect costs, estimated to be 5649,699 00 (based on the current indirect cost rate of 23 48%), associated with these twelve 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 DISCUSSION The Texas Department of Health provides on-going financial and direct support to the Fort Worth Public Health Department for the following programs STD/HIV, Tuberculosis Control, STD Control, Community and Rural Health, Maternal and Child Health, and WIC During FY 1994-95, this yearly contractual support is anticipated to exceed 54 2 million Although this TDH contract has a fiscal year "1996" designation, some of the attachments start as early as February 1995 ~-=~ Printed on recyclod paper City of Fort T~orth, Texas Mayor and Council ~,ommunication 01 /10/95 NIIbIDSR PAGE 50TDHLHS I 2 of 3 I SIIBJSCT I TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (TDH) FISCAL YEAR 1994-95 LOCAL HEALTH I I SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT The purpose of this M&C is to authorize renewal of the TDH Local Health Services Contract with twelve attachment renewals, and to arrange interim financing for five of the twelve renewal agreements The terms of the Local Health Services umbrella contract are contained in the General Provisions for Texas Department of Health Contracts As existing grant contracts expire, renewal applications are required to continue programming support from TDH As approved by Council the past two years and requested again this year, the recommendations will eliminate the necessity of charging expenditures to expired contracts (while waiting on contract execution processes within both governmental agencies) 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 5530,221 00 Authorized funding will be uninterrupted and the time consuming process of transferring 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 23 48%, indirect cost allocations would total 5649,699 00 of anticipated TDH grant funding The following is a listing of five TDH grant contracts proposed for interim financing Project Amount STD Disease Intervention 511..4,849 00 Tuberculosis (High Risk Population) 45,858 00 Tuberculosis Outreach 322,765 00 Tuberculosis Jail Outreach 34,178 00 Tuberculosis Outreach (community based 12,571.00 organizations) 5530,221 00 s=~~ Printed on recycled paper City of Fort Worth, Texas Mayor and Council Communication DATF3 Rl3FLRENCB _ LOG NAbI$ PAGE NIID~IDBR **C_14628 01 /10/95 50TDHLHS 3 of 3 SUBJBCT TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH (TDH) FISCAL YEAR 1994-95 LOCAL HEALTH SERVICES CONTRACT WITH THE PUBLIC HEALTH DEPARTMENT FISCAL INFORMATION/CERTIFICATION The Director of Fiscal Services certifies that upon execution of these agreements with the Texas Department of 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 Funds The Director of Fiscal Services further certifies that after adoption of this appropriations ordinance, the undesignated, unreserved balance in the General Fund. will be 534,506,466 00 The Director of Fiscal Services further certifies that upon execution of the grant contracts listed herein, the 5530,221 00 utilized as interim financing will be transferred back to the General Fund's unreserved, undesignated fund balance LW I u mute or -ty anager s Office by: (to) (1) GR 6 ARI U 050 01269010 114,849. (1) GR76 VARIOU ~ '050301270010 5,858. (1) GR76 VARIOUS 050301272010 34,178. (1) GR76 VARIOUS 050301273010 12,571 (3)(4) GGO1 538070 0903500 530,221 AP~ l : fl f1~Y Y ~k! t1 (1)(5) GR76 488073 050301270000 45,858. ^~ ~~ ~I~ ~~~ 1 ~ ~! (1)(5) GR76 488073 050301271000 322,765 Libby Watson 6140 (5)(5) GR76 488073 050 01272000 34,178. r . ~n~ ,, ~~ rigwatutg epartment ea fd~3 ~ Dr Nick Curry 7201 (from) (5)GGO1 53 070 0 3500 530,221. --~1tc.~J ~Z " For Additional ormation vit'9' 3aexs9on~ of CF:~a Contact: {:ilp of port G~ox~t, iracG~ Dr Nick Curry 7201 ~-~~ Printed on recycled paper