Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant from U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services for treatment of defendants from the Military and Veterans Servicer Specialty Docket (MAVSS). This will allow defendants to receive dependency and/or mental health treatment. This legislation also will appropriate $20,000 from the general government grant fund. Grant monies will fund treatment of defendants from MAVSS court through August 31, 2013
EMERGENCY ACTION is requested so that treatment may begin as soon as possible.
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To authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, for treatment of defendants from MAVSS court; to appropriate $20,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund; and to declare an emergency. ($20,000.00)
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WHEREAS, grant monies from U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance through the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, in the amount of $20,000.00 are available to provide for treatment of defendants from MAVSS court; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the city in that it is immediately necessary to accept the aforesaid grant for treatment, and to appropriate the aforementioned funds to assure that this grant cycle can and will be able to commence as close to October 1, 2012 as possible, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. To authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice A...
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