Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $50,000.00 from the State Justice Institute, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Department of Pretrial and Probation Services of the Franklin County Municipal Court, the total amount of the grant. It further authorizes a transfer in the amount of $5,000.00 from the probation user fee fund to the General Governmental Grant Fund as a cash match. This grant will fund consultation and training services for the Probation Department to further implement its Evidence Based Practices Strategic Plan.
Emergency Legislation is requested so the grant funds can be used as closed to the start date as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT $55,000.00 will be expended from the General Governmental Grant Fund which is a total of $50,000 in grant funds and $5,000.00 in matching funds as transferred from the Probation User Fees Fund.
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To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the State Justice Institute in the amount of $50,000.00; to authorize a cash transfer of $5,000.00 from the Probation User Fee Fund to the general governmental grant fund to serve as a cash match; to appropriate $55,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($55,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to provide this consultation and training in the Franklin County Municipal Court, Department of Pretrial and Probation Services; and
WHEREAS, a grant from the State Justice Institute in the amount of $50,000.00 has been awarded to provide a portion of the costs, with matching funds from the Probation User Fee Fund in the amount of $5,000.00; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize a transfer of $5,000.00 from the probation user fee fund to the governmental grant fund to provide a portion of the costs;
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the city, in that it is immediately necessary to accept the aforementioned grant to continue probationary services in the area of victim assistance and to appropriate and transfer the necessary funds for the program thereby preserving 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 Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $50,000.00 from the State Justice Institute and the cash match of $5,000.00 from the Probation User Fee Fund.
SECTION 2. That the transfer of $5,000 appropriations from Object Class 03 to Object Class 10 in the Probation User Fee Fund, Subfund 222703 is authorized.
SECTION 3. That the transfer of $5,000 cash is authorized from the Probation User Fee Fund , Subfund 222703 to the General Government Grant Fund for the cash match.
SECTION 4. That from the unappropriated balance in the general government grant fund, fund 2220, the sum of $55,000.00 is appropriated to the Franklin County Municipal Court according to the account codes in the attachment.
SECTION 5. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court 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 6. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grant 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 7. 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.