0098-2004
2004 BYRNE Telecommunications Harassment Investigative Unit Grant
Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Attorney to accept a grant from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Justice Programs Unit. These funds shall be used to provide for continued funding for the Telecommunications Harassment Investigative Unit. This unit works together with current Intake, Domestic Violence and Prosecution sections of the City Attorney's Office as well as with the Columbus Division of Police and the Franklin County Sheriff's Office to investigate and prosecute incidences of harassment via the internet, e-mail, chat rooms, faxes and message boards. This ordinance will further authorize the transfer and appropriation of matching funds required by the grant award.
The Grant award is as follows:
2003-DG-E-B515-Byrne Telecommunications Harassment Investigative Unit $88,489.00
Matching funds required from the City Attorney's general fund budget are $29,496.00.
Title
To authorize the acceptance and appropriation of a grant from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Justice Programs Unit, in the total amount of $88,489.00 for the continued funding of the Telecommunications Harassment Investigative Unit, to authorize the transfer and appropriation of matching funds required by the acceptance of this grant in the amount of $29,496.00 and to declare an emergency.
($117,985.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Justice Programs Unit, has awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office, a grant in the amount of $88,489.00 for Grant No. 2003-DG-E-B515 Telecommunications Harassment Investigative Unit for the year 2004; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of this grant requires that the City Attorney supply matching funds in the amount of $29,496.00; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the City Attorney's Office in that it is necessary to immediately accept and appropriate the grant funds and transfer and appropriate the matching funds in order that the services supported may continue uninterrupted; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO
Section 1. That the amount of $29,496.00 is hereby transferred from the General Fund of the City Attorney's Office as follows:
FROM:
Dept Dept# Fund Type Fund OL1 OL3 OCA Code Amount
City Attorney 24-01 General 010 01 1100 240549 29,496.00
TO:
Dept Dept# Fund Type Fund OL1 OL3 OCA Code Amount
City Attorney 24-01 General 010 10 5501 240549 29,496.00
FROM:
Dept Dept# Fund Type Fund OL1 OL3 OCA Code Amount
City Attorney 24-01 General 010 10 5501 240549 29,496.00
TO:
OCA
Dept Dept# Grant Grant # Fund OL3 Code Amount
City Attorney 24-01 Telecom. Harassment 240003 220 0886 240862 29,496.00
Section 2. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized to accept a grant award from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Justice Programs Unit in the amount of $88,489.00 for the Telecommunications Harassment Investigative Unit Grant.
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 award period the sum of $117,985.00 is appropriated as follows:
OCA
Dept Dept# Grant Grant # Fund OL3 Code Amount
City Attorney 24-01 Telecom. Harassment 240003 220 01 240862 117,985.00
Section 4. That the funds appropriated in the foregoing Section 3 shall be paid upon order of the City Attorney 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 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.