Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant for $106,945.60 from ADAMH of Franklin County and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund. This grant will pay for peer support for the Helping Achieve Recovery Together (HART) and Changing Attitudes To Change Habits (CATCH) courts.
FISCAL IMPACT
$106,945.60 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
Emergency legislation is requested so funds can be utilized at the start date of 1/1/23.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant totaling $106,945.60 from ADAMH of Franklin County for the purpose of paying for peer support for the HART and CATCH courts; to appropriate $106,945.60 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($106,945.60)
Body
WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court receive peer support for the specialized dockets; and
WHEREAS, grant monies from ADAMH of Franklin County, in the amount of $106,945.60, are available to provide for contract peer support; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the city in that it is immediately necessary to accept the aforementioned grant to provide peer support to specialized dockets so funds can be utilized at the start date of 1/1/23, 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 for $106,945.60 from ADAMH of Franklin County.
SECTION 2. Funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated. That from the unappropriated balance in the general government grant fund, fund 2220, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and appropriated for any other purpose during the twelve months ending December 31, 2023, the sum of $106,945.60 is appropriated to the Franklin County Municipal Court, department number 2501 as follows and according to the account codes in the attachment:
SECTION 3. 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 4. 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 5. 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.