Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Division of Police has been awarded funds through the Department of Justice 2008 Anti-Gang Initiative Renewal. The initiative is supporting a renewal of the new anti-gang prevention and enforcement projects. The funds will be used in a multi-faceted, collaborative effort to identify, investigate, and prosecute both the individual gang members and the infrastructure of their gangs. Partnering with Federal and State resources will maximize the prosecution and penalties of gang members and their organizations. Funding has been provided for sworn overtime and for buying evidence. The official city program contact authorized to act in connection with this $48,103.75 grant award is Columbus Police Commander Jeffrey Blackwell.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to make the awarded funds available for project activities at the earliest possible time. The grant award period started October 1, 2008.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an appropriation of $48,103.75 in the General Government Grant fund for the 2008 Anti-Gang Initiative for the Police Division. There are no matching funds required for this grant award. All grant expenditures will be reimbursed by the grant awarded funding.
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To authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a 2008 Anti-Gang Initiative Renewal grant award from the Department of Justice, U. S. Attorney's Office via the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, to authorize Columbus Police Commander Jeffrey Blackwell as the official city representative to act in connection with the grant, to authorize an appropriation of $48,103.75 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant fund, and to declare an emergency. ($48,103.75)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Police has been awarded funding through a 2008 Anti-Gang Initiative Renewal grant from the Department of Justice; and
WHEREAS, the Division of Police is in need of additional funding for sworn overtime and evidence expenditures for the Anti-Gang program activities; and
WHEREAS, Columbus Police Commander Jeffrey Blackwell has been identified as the official city representative to act in connection with the 2008 Anti-Gang Initiative Renewal grant and to provide information as required; and
WHEREAS, emergency legislation status is needed to make the grant funds available as soon as possible for ongoing activities in the grant period that started October 1, 2008; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the City of Columbus Public Safety Department, Division of Police, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Mayor to accept a 2008 Anti-Gang Initiative Renewal grant for the Division of Police and to authorize an appropriation for the grant activities for the immediate 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 accept a 2008 Anti-Gang Initiative Renewal grant for sworn overtime and evidence purchases for the Anti-Gang program.
SECTION 2. That Columbus Police Commander Jeffrey Blackwell is designated as the official city program contact and authorized to act in connection with the 2008 Anti-Gang Initiative Renewal grant and to provide any additional information required.
SECTION 3. 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 $48,103.75 is appropriated as follows:
DIV FD OBJ1 OBJ3 OCACD GRANT AMOUNT
30-03 220 01 1131 338044 338044 33,103.75
30-03 220 02 2216 338044 338044 15,000.00
SECTION 4. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 3 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 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which 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.