Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept and appropriate funds from two grants: a grant in the amount of $24,570 from the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs and a grant in the amount of $8,190 from the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County (ADAMH). These grants will fund a contract for a crime prevention specialist for the Court's mental health program docket. The chief program goal is to reduce recidivism by diverting mentally ill persons and persons with alcohol and drug issues to treatment through the mental health program docket.
FISCAL IMPACT
Both Franklin County CPEG and ADAMH have provided grants for the addition of a contract crime prevention specialist position for the Court's mental health program docket. No funds from the City of Columbus will be required.
Emergency action is requested to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the city's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept grant awards from the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs for $24,570 and from the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County for $8,190 to provide crime prevention support for the Court's mental health docket; to appropriate $32,760 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges. , and to declare an emergency. ($32,760.00)
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WHEREAS, grants from the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs in the amount of $24,570 and from the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County for $8,190 have been awarded to assist in providing crime prevention support for the Franklin County Municipal Court's mental health docket; now, therefore and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the city, in that it is immediately necessary to accept the aforementioned grants to enhance services for the Court's mental health docket, to appropriate 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 Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant from Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs in the amount of $24,570 and a grant from the Alcohol, Drug and Mental Health Board of Franklin County for $8,190.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated balance in the government grant fund, fund 220, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and appropriated for any other purpose during the period of the grant ending December 31, 2006, the sum of $32,760 is appropriated to the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges, department number 2501 as follows: grant number 257005, oca 257005, object level 1 - 03, object level 3 - 3336.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Administrative 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. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes necessary to ensure that these transactions are properly accounted for and recorded accurately on the city's financial records.
SECTION 5. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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. That this ordinance shall take effect and be in force from and after the earliest period allowed by law.