Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $15,000.00 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Probation Department of the Franklin County Municipal Court, the total amount of the grant. This grant will provide disposal fees and outreach materials.
FISCAL IMPACT
$15,000 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 Environmental Protection Agency to provide for disposal fees and outreach materials and to appropriate $15,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court. ($15,000.00)
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WHEREAS, a grant from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency in the amount of $15,000 has been awarded to provide support to the Franklin County Municipal Court Community Service Program with the purpose of improving the community, reducing litter and illegal dumping in public areas and providing litter prevention awareness; and
WHEREAS, it has become necessary in the usual daily operation of the city, to authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept the aforementioned grant to provide community disposal fees and outreach materials, thereby preserving 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 Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $15,000 from the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency.
SECTION 2. 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 June 30, 2025, the sum of $15,000 is appropriated to the Franklin County Municipal Court.
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 from the unappropriated monies and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2025 (06/30/2025) any additional awarded funds are appropriated in Fund 2220 according to notification of award or grant agreement by the grantor.
SECTION 5. 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 6. This ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.