Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus, Department of Public Safety, Division of Communications, has been awarded grant funds through the United States Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS), under the Interoperable Communications Technology Grant Program for:
I. Radio consoles for the Police and Fire Communications Center, which allows connecting City and County talk groups at the dispatcher level for interoperability between City and County Systems;
II. Radio System interconnect device and associated peripheral equipment which allows connecting disparate radio systems; and
III. 140 Portable Radios, given to surrounding counties for interoperability after the recipients provide the required 25% matching funds.
FISCAL: There will be no impact to the general fund. The associated 25% grant match of $835,637 will be funded through bond proceeds within the Public Safety Department.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency designation is needed to ensure the grant time frames (one year from September 1, 2003) are met for the completion of the project.
Title:
To authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept United States Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) funding under the COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Grant Program of $2,506,913.00, to authorize the appropriation of same, and to declare an emergency.
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Whereas, The City of Columbus, Department of Public Safety, Division of Communications was awarded funding from the United States Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) funding under COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Grant Program; and,
Whereas, funding is needed for radio consoles for the Police and Fire Communications Center, a radio system interconnect device, and portable radios.
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operations of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Communications, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Mayor to accept the United States Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) funding, for the preservation of 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 United States Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) funding grant, under the COPS Interoperable Communications Technology Grant Program; and,
Section 2. 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 $2,506,913.00 is appropriated as follows:
Div 3002 Fund 220 OBJ#2 Obj #3 6644 OCA #324001 Grant #324001
Amount $2,506,913.00
Section 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 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 4. That for reasons staged in the preamble, hereto, which is 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 of ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.