Explanation:
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expenditure of $28,500 and reflects the anticipated expenses for fiscal year 2008 within the Franklin County Municipal Court's fund for Electronic Alcohol Monitoring. The Franklin County Municipal Court has a contract with Alcohol Monitoring Systems, Inc. (AMS), ordinance 1568-2007, for monitoring services associated with the use of secure continuous remote alcohol monitor (SCRAM) devices. The SCRAM unit is a non-invasive, tamper-resistant, transdermal monitoring device that measures blood alcohol concentration automatically, 24 hours a day, regardless of the individual's location. AMS holds many patents on the continuous alcohol monitoring device.
This appropriation and expenditure will allow the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges to purchase 20 SCRAM devices with monies from its indigent driver alcohol treatment fund for the purpose of monitoring offenders with alcohol dependency issues that are sentenced to use a SCRAM unit as a condition of probation. The continued use of the SCRAM devices necessitates monitoring services, which is provided by AMS.
Alcohol Monitoring System's contract compliance is 300137963.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are available within the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund and the electronic alcohol monitoring fund for this purpose.
EMERGENCY: Emergency action is requested to allow the Court to utilize more SCRAM devices immediately.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $28,500 for 2008 from the unappropriated balance of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges special revenue fund 227 subfund 004 for anticipated expenses associated with the SCRAM devices; and to authorize the expenditure of $28,500 from the special revenue fund 227 subfund 004; and to declare an emergency. ($28,500)
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Whereas, an appropriation and expenditure of these funds is necessary in order to continue with the enhancement of the SCRAM device and the payment thereof; and
Whereas, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges in that it is immediately necessary to undertake said activities, in order for the Court to commence expending these funds, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare; now therefore;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That the sum of $28,500 be and is hereby appropriated from the unappropriated balance of the special revenue fund, fund 227, subfund 004, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources unappropriated for any other purposes during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2008, to the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges, department number 2501, oca code 252704, as follows: $28,500 object level 1 - 03, object level 3 - 3431
Section 2. That the expenditure of $28,500 or as much thereof as may be necessary is hereby authorized from the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges, department number 2501, special revenue fund, fund number 227, subfund 004 as follows: $28,500 from oca 252704, object level 1 - 03, object level 3 - 3431
Section 3. That monies appropriated in Section 1 shall be paid upon the recommendation of the Chief Probation Officer and upon the order of the Administrative and Presiding Judge, and that no order shall be drawn or paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
Section 4. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which 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.