Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus has been awarded a Federal Fiscal Year 2010 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs via the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs. The JAG program provides funding to allow states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and improve the criminal justice system. The City has been awarded $250,000.00 under the purpose area of technology improvements for updates, maintenance and service to the Division of Police's Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS). The activities and expenditures are needed to make the system as efficient and effective as possible for both internal users and regional interoperability functions. The City must act as subgrantee to the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs. Therefore, the Mayor is required to sign a subgrantee award on behalf of the City. The official City program contact authorized to act in connection with this grant is Technical Services Bureau AFIS Manager, William Hannah.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to meet grant deadlines and to make the funds available for the start of the grant award period, December 1, 2010.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact on the General Fund. All appropriated funds will be reimbursed by the grant award.
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To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a subgrantee award through the FY10 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs via the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, to authorize William Hannah as the official City representative to act in connection with the subgrant, to authorize an appropriation of $250,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs associated with the improvements, maintenance and services for the Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS), and to declare an emergency. ($250,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Division of Police, was awarded funding through the FY10 Justice Assistance Grant program for technology updates, maintenance and services for the Division of Police Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) ; and
WHEREAS, William Hannah has been identified as the official City representative to act in connection with the FY10 Justice Assistance Grant and to provide information as required; and
WHEREAS, updates, maintenance and service to the Division of Police Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS) will support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime, improve the criminal justice system and support the regional interoperability of AFIS; and
WHEREAS, emergency legislation is needed to meet the grant deadlines and to make grant funds available for the start of the grant award period, December 1, 2010; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual and daily operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate the FY10 Justice Assistance Grant award for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, 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 FY10 Justice Assistance Grant for technological updates, maintenance and service for the Columbus Division of Police Automated Fingerprint Identification System (AFIS).
SECTION 2. That William Hannah is designated as the official City program contact and authorized to act in connection with the FY10 Justice Assistance Grant and to provide information as 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 purpose during the project period the sum of $250,000.00 is appropriated as follows:
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SECTION 4.That the monies 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 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.