Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: The City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded funding through the FY03 Byrne Memorial Grant Program. Acceptance of this FY2003 award and emergency appropriation of the awarded funds for the purchase of specialized film are necessary for the CPD Domestic Violence (DV) Unit operations. The City must act as a subgrantee to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners through the Justice Programs Unit according to the federal grant guidelines. Therefore the Mayor is required to sign a subgrantee award and contract document to accept the award on behalf of the City.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to permit the earliest possible purchase of this critically needed film.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Division of Police will provide the required cash match from designated matching funds included in the 2004 budget.
Title
To authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a subgrantee award and enter into a contract with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners via the Justice Programs Unit for a FY03 Byrne Memorial Grant, to authorize an appropriation of $3,650.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police for the purchase of specialized film for the Domestic Violence Unit and to declare an emergency. ($3,650.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded a FY03 Byrne Memorial Program Grant; and
WHEREAS, the grant funding is for the purchase of specialized film for the DV Unit; and
WHEREAS, the grant award period starts June 1, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the DV Unit has an immediate need for this film necessitating the emergency designation; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Mayor to accept a FY03 Byrne Memorial Grant for the purchase of DV Unit film and to authorize an appropriation for this film purchase for the preservation of the public health, peace, 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 FY03 Byrne Memorial Program Grant.
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 $3,650.00 is appropriated as follows:
DIV FD OBJ#1 OBJ#3 OCACD GRANT AMOUNT
30-03 220 02 2206 334025 334025 3,650.00
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 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 its passage and approval by the Mayor or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.