Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus Division of Police (CPD) has been awarded funding through the FY10 S.T.O.P. Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) for the Misdemeanor Domestic Violence (DV) Warrants Task Force Project. The project will focus on misdemeanor domestic violence related crimes eligible for VAWA funding. The CPD task force officers will work overtime to search for wanted suspects and serve outstanding warrants for misdemeanor DV related crimes against female victims in the City of Columbus and Franklin County. The VAWA grant funding will pay the sworn officer overtime costs of the project and the city will pay the base pay costs of a CPD supervisor to oversee, administer and document the project activities. The City must act as a sub-grantee to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners through the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs according to the federal grant guidelines. Therefore, the Mayor is required to sign a sub-grantee award and contract documents to accept the award on behalf of the city.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency legislation is necessary to be sure that the grant funds are available for use for the beginning of the award period, January 1, 2011.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes a $15,000.00 expenditure from the General Government Grant Fund for the Violence Against Women project for the Division of Police. There is a required match of $5,000 which will be provided via the General Fund through sworn supervisor salary including fringe benefit costs associated with the grant project.
Title
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a sub-grantee award and enter into a contract with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners via the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs for a FY10 Violence Against Woman Act (VAWA) grant, to authorize an appropriation of $15,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police for the VAWA Task Force project, and to declare an emergency. ($15,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded a FY10 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) grant for the Misdemeanor Domestic Violence (DV) Warrants Task Force Project; and
WHEREAS, the grant funding is needed to pay sworn officer overtime costs of the task force activities; and
WHEREAS, the grant award period start date is January 1, 2011 and the funding needs to be available for use when task force activities are eligible to begin; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual and daily operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate the FY10 VAWA grant award for the Misdemeanor DV Warrants Task Force Project for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Mayor of the City of Columbus be and is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners to accept a FY10 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) sub-grantee award for the Misdemeanor DV Warrants Task Force project.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the General Government Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purposes during the grant period, the sum of $15,000.00 is appropriated as follows:
DIV FD Obj #1 Obj #3 OCAD Grant Amount
30-03 220 01 1127 331022 331022 $ 637.31
30-03 220 01 1131 331022 331022 11,587.50
30-03 220 01 1161 331022 331022 2,259.56
30-03 220 01 1171 331022 331022 168.01
30-03 220 01 1173 331022 331022 347.62
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Public Safety; and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after is passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.