Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $12,206.07 from the Ohio Attorney General, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund.
The purpose of this grant is to provide funds to the Franklin County Municipal Court for the purchase of bulletproof vests for the security guards. The vest will provide the guards with more protection from the public.
FISCAL IMPACT
$12,206.07 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the Ohio Attorney General; to appropriate $12,206.07 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court. ($12,206.07)
Body
WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court receive support for the purchase of bulletproof vests; and
WHEREAS, grant monies from the Ohio Attorney General, in the amount of $12,206.07, are available to provide for bulletproof vests; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court to approve the acceptance of this grant; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $12,206.07 from the Ohio Attorney General.
SECTION 2. That funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated. That from the unappropriated balance in the general government grant fund, fund 2220, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and appropriated for any other purpose during the months ending September 30, 2026, the sum of $12,206.07 is appropriated to the Franklin County Municipal Court according to the account codes in the attachment.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court 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 at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grant is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements
SECTION 5. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.