Explanation
Background:
Ordinance 1732-2010 passed 12/16/10 authorized the acceptance of the 2011 VAWA Domestic Violence Prosecutors Grant #2010-WF-VA2-8758 by the City Attorney's Office. This legislation will authorize the transfer, appropriation and expenditure of matching funds required by the acceptance of said grant.
Emergency action is requested to allow for the uninterrupted continuation of this grant program.
Fiscal Impact:
The required matching funds of $35,667.00 are included in the City Attorney's 2011 General Fund Budget.
Project period: 01/01/11 - 12/31/11
Federal Share: $107,000.00
Matching funds: $35,667.00
Total Grant: $142,667.00
Title
To authorize the transfer, appropriation and expenditure of matching funds in the amount of $35,667.00 for the 2011VAWA Domestic Violence Prosecutor Grant for the continued funding of the Domestic Violence Prosecutors program; and to declare an emergency. ($35,667.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office, a grant in the amount of One Hundred Seven Thousand Dollars ($107,000.00) for the VAWA Domestic Violence Prosecutors program, #10-WF-VA2-8758; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of this grant and the appropriation and expenditure was authorized by Ordinance 1732-2010, passed on 12/16/2010; and
WHEREAS, this grant requires the City Attorney to supply matching funds in the amount of Thirty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars ($35,667.00); and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the City Attorney's Office in that it is necessary to immediately transfer and appropriate the matching funds in order that the services supported may continue without interruption and for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. That the matching funds required by the 2011 VAWA Domestic Violence Prosecutors grant in the amount of Thirty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars ($35,667.00) is hereby transferred as follows:
FROM: department 2401, general fund, fund number 010, organizational cost account 240119, object level three 1101.
TO: department 2401, general fund, fund number 010, organizational cost account 240119, object level three 5501.
FROM: department 2401, general fund, fund number 010, organizational cost account 240119, object level three 5501.
TO: department 2401, 2011 VAWA Domestic Violence Prosecutors Grant fund, grant 241021, fund number 220, organizational cost account 241021, object level three 0886.
SECTION 2. 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 Thirty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars ($35,667.00) is appropriated as follows: department 2401, 2011 VAWA Domestic Violence Prosecutors Grant, grant number 241021, fund number 220, organizational cost account 241021, object level three 1101.
SECTION 3. That funds appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 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 4. 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.