Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus has been awarded a Federal Fiscal Year 2012 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs via the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs. The JAG program provides funding to allow states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and improve the criminal justice system. The total FY12 JAG award amount to the City of Columbus is $253,436.00. The grant awarded $218,436.00 under the purpose area of technology improvements for the purchase of a division wide computerized time and attendance and report generating system for the Division of Police. The remaining $35,000.00 is awarded as partial funding for a joint Franklin County and City of Columbus collaborative project for Community Initiatives. The county will retain and expend these funds on the City’s behalf. The City must act as subgrantee to the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs. Therefore, the Mayor is required to sign a subgrantee award on behalf of the City. The official City program contacts authorized to act in connection with the Technology Improvements Project are Human Resources Manager, Linda Guyton and Human Resources Analyst, Taylor Brown.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to meet grant deadlines and to make the funds available at the earliest possible time. The grant award period start date is January 1, 2013.
FISCAL IMPACT: All appropriated funds will be reimbursed by the grant award.
Title
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a subgrantee award through the FY12 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs via the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs; to authorize Linda Guyton and Taylor Brown as the official City representatives...
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