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File #: ORD-0168-2014    Version: 1 Name: Mount Carmel Wellness Program Agreement
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 11/21/2014 In control: City Council
On agenda: 12/1/2014 Final action: 12/15/2014
Title: TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH MOUNT CARMEL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE GATEWAY TO HEALTH WELLNESS PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
Attachments: 1. Mt Carmel Agreement-November2014, 2. ORD-0168-2014-signed
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TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENT WITH MOUNT CARMEL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT OF THE GATEWAY TO HEALTH WELLNESS PROGRAM; AND TO DECLARE AN EMERGENCY.
 
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WHEREAS, the City is continuing the health and wellness initiative for 2015 for eligible employees and spouses; and
 
WHEREAS, with this initiative the City would like to continue to have on-site coaching services by a clinical exercise physiologist and a dietician to help those eligible to attain their health and wellness goals; and
 
WHEREAS, Mount Carmel Occupational Health can provide such on-site coaching services, and the Director of Human Resources has recommended we proceed with them; and
 
WHEREAS, it is imperative to have the new agreement in place as soon as possible so there is no lapse of services, and all for the preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare;  
 
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF GAHANNA, COUNTY OF FRANKLIN, STATE OF OHIO:
 
Section 1.  That the Mayor is hereby authorized to enter into agreement with MOUNT CARMEL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, 6150 East Broad Street, Columbus, Ohio 43213, for continued support of the Gahanna Gateway to Health Program for 2015; agreement attached as EXHIBIT A, and made a part herein.
 
Section 2.  That funding in the amount of ONE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED TWENTY DOLLARS ($1,520) will be set aside in the 2015 Appropriations to Account No. 101.125.5281, Human Resources Wellness Plan, to cover the herein costs.    
 
Section 3.  That, for the reasons set forth in the preamble herein above, this Ordinance is declared emergency legislation and shall be in full force and effect immediately upon passage by this Council and on date of signature approval by the Mayor.