Explanation
The Franklin County Commissioners' Grant Office has awarded Sub-Grant Funds to the City of Columbus, Department of Public Safety, Division of Support Services. This is part of the FY04 "Urban Area Security Initiative" (UASI) funds. Funding for the grant was received from the Ohio Domestic Preparedness (OPS) and the Ohio Emergency Management Agency through the Franklin County Grants Office. The grant is intended to enhance the ability of first responders to respond to incidents of terrorism and disaster situations by constructing an 800 MHz Radio Communications Tower in the North Corridor of the Columbus Urban Area. This new tower site will provide expansion radio coverage for new users, integrate and interoperate with other first responders in the area and Delaware County.
FISCAL IMPACT: No matching funds from the city are required for this grant. All funds must be liquidated by the city by October 30, 2005.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency designation is needed to ensure the grant time frames (October 30, 2005) are met for the completion of the project.
Title
To authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a Sub-Grant Award from the Franklin County Commissioners' Grant Office, for the construction of a new 800 MHz radio communications tower in the North Corridor of the Columbus Urban Area, to authorize the appropriation of $5,800,000.00 and to declare an emergency. ($5,800,000.00).
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WHEREAS, The City of Columbus, Department of Public Safety, Division of Support Services has been awarded a Sub-Grant by The Franklin County Commissioners' Grant Office, and;
WHEREAS, this award is part of FY04 Urban Area Security Initiative Funds received from the Ohio Domestic Preparedness (OPS) and the Ohio Emergency Management Agency through the Franklin County Commissioners' Grant Office, and,
WHEREAS, the funds will be used to provide the 800 MHz Interoperability Project for the Columbus Urban Area including the construction of the 800 MHz tower in the North Corridor of the Columbus Urban Area and the programming and coordination of an regional service delivery for the 800 MHz System, and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operations of the Department of Public, Division of Support Services, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Mayor to accept this grant in order to complete the project within the October 30, 2005 time line; 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 accept an Ohio Domestic Preparedness (OPS) and the Ohio Emergency Management Agency sub-recipient grant award of $5,800,000.00 from the Franklin County Commissioners' Grant Office.
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 purpose during the project award period the sum of $5,800,000.00 is appropriated as follows:
Division Fund Object Level 3 OCA Code Grant # Amount
3002 220 6644 324002 324002 $5,800,000.00
Section 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared 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 approved nor vetoes the same.