Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General for the partial funding of the 2017 Advanced Strangulation Training being presented by the City Attorney’s Office, Domestic Violence and Stalking Unit. This ordinance will further authorize the City Attorney to enter into a contract with the Alliance of HOPE International, a not-for-profit organization, to provide specialized trainers for said event and will authorize the appropriation and expenditure of the funds.
This contract is being entered into in accordance with Chapter 329.30 of the Columbus City Codes. The Alliance for HOPE International has a staff of national speakers who will bring a multidisciplinary team of trainers to train multidisciplinary attendees on strangulation signs and symptoms, repercussions for victims, and best practices for investigation, advocacy, and prosecution. Current employees do not have the level of expertise needed to provide this level of training.
Fiscal Impact:
There are no matching funds required and therefore no cost to the general fund.
Grant Period: 10/01/16 - 09/30/17
Grant Funds: $23,208.00
Matching funds: $0
Total Grant: $23,208.00
Emergency Action:
The City Attorney’s Office is requesting emergency action designation so as to allow timely commencement of this grant program.
Contract Compliance Number:
Alliance for HOPE International, a not-for-profit organization, Federal ID: 11-3692035 DAX Vendor #: 020499
This company is neither debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government nor prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to accept the 16-17 SVAA Strangulation Training grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, in the amount of $23,208.00; to authorize the City Attorney to enter into a contract with the Alliance for HOPE International for the provision of training service for the 2017 Advanced Strangulation Training; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of said funds; and to declare an emergency. ($23,208.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Domestic Violence and Stalking Unit of the Columbus City Attorney’s Office is conducting a training event entitled the 2017 Advanced Strangulation Training; and
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, has awarded the Columbus City Attorney's Office a grant to partially fund the event in the amount of Twenty-three Thousand Two Hundred Eight Dollars ($23,208.00) from the 16-17 SVAA Strangulation Training Grant No. 2016-SVAA-69247126; and
WHEREAS, the term of the grant is for the period of October 1, 2016 through September 30, 2017; and
WHEREAS, there is no required match for this grant; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney desires to enter into a contract with Alliance for HOPE International, a not-for profit organization, pursuant to Chapter 329.30 of the Columbus City Code to provide training services for said event; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Columbus City Attorney's Office in that it is immediately necessary to accept, appropriate and authorize the expenditure of the grant award and to authorize the contract so that the services supported may commence, all for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO
SECTION 1. That the Columbus City Attorney is hereby authorized to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, in the amount of Twenty-three Thousand Two Hundred Eight Dollars ($23,208.00) for the 16-17 SVAA Strangulation Training grant No. 2017-SVAA-69247126 for the funding of the 2017 Advanced Strangulation Training.
SECTION 2. That the Columbus City Attorney is hereby authorized to enter into a contract with Alliance of HOPE International in the amount of Twenty-three Thousand Two Hundred Eight Dollars ($23,208.00).
SECTION 3. That said contract is awarded in accordance with Chapter 329.30 of the Columbus City Codes.
SECTION 4. 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 Twenty-three Thousand Two Hundred Eight Dollars ($23,208.00) is appropriated in fund 2220, General Government Grants, Object Class 02 and 03 per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 5. That the expenditure of Twenty-three Thousand Two Hundred Eight Dollars ($23,208.00), or so much thereof as may be necessary, is hereby authorized to be expended from the General Government Grant Fund 2220, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 6. That funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 7. That funds appropriated shall be paid upon order of the City Attorney 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 8. That at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor 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 9. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is 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.