Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the appropriation of $30,000.00 from the City Attorney Mediation Fund for the purpose of purchasing materials and supplies for the Mediation Program of the City Attorney's Office.
The City Attorney administers the Mediation Program which provides neighborhood mediation services.
Fiscal Impact: The cash balance of the City Attorney Mediation Fund (296) as of 03/05/2012 was $60,987.71.
Emergency: This legislation is requested to be an emergency to allow for the uninterrupted continuation of the program.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of Thirty Thousand Dollars from the City Attorney Mediation Fund for the purpose of purchasing materials and supplies for the Mediation Program of the City Attorney's Office; and to declare an emergency. ($30,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Mediation Program of the City Attorney's office provides neighborhood mediation services; and
WHEREAS, the cost of the materials and supplies will be solely from the City Attorney Mediation Fund 296; and
WHEREAS, there is a need for materials and supplies for the program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Attorney's Office in that it is necessary to immediately authorize the appropriation of these funds for the uninterrupted continuation of the program and for the preservation of public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate Thirty Thousand Dollars ($30,000.00) from the City Attorney Mediation Fund as follows: City Attorney's Office, department 24-01, Mediation Fund, fund number 296, organizational cost account 296001, object level three 2201, the amount of Twenty Thousand Dollars ($20,000.00) and object level three 2193, the amount of Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000.00).
SECTION 2. That the monies appropriated in for...
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