0157-2004
2003-2004 VOCA DV Advocates Grant
Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the City Attorney to accept a grant from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General for the Office of the City Attorney, Domestic Violence Unit. These funds shall be used to provide for continued funding for four domestic violence courtroom advocates. The Domestic Violence Unit assists witnesses and victims of domestic violence through the legal process and provides counseling, referrals, and linkage with agencies and community resources. This ordinance will further authorize the transfer and appropriation of matching funds required by the grant award.
The Grant award is as follows:
2003-VA-DSCE-537T - Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) DV Advocates $103,032.00
Matching funds required from the City Attorney's general fund budget are $34,344.00.
Title
To authorize the acceptance and appropriation of a grant from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General in the total amount of $103,032.00 for the continued funding of the VOCA Domestic Violence Advocates, to authorize the transfer and appropriation of matching funds required by the acceptance of this grant in the amount of $34,344.00 and to declare an emergency. ($137,376.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General has awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office, Domestic Violence Unit a grant in the amount of $103,032.00 for Grant No. 2003-VA-DSCE-537T VOCA Domestic Violence Advocates for the period October 1, 2003 through September 30, 2004; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of this grant requires that the City Attorney supply matching funds in the amount of $34,344.00; 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 $34,344.00 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 240861 34,344.00
TO:
Dept Dept# Fund Type Fund OL1 OL3 OCA Code Amount
City Attorney 24-01 General 010 10 5501 240861 34,344.00
FROM:
Dept Dept# Fund Type Fund OL1 OL3 OCA Code Amount
City Attorney 24-01 General 010 10 5501 240861 34,344.00
TO:
Dept Dept# Grant Grant # Fund OL3 OCA Code Amount
City Attorney 24-01 VOCA DV 248271 220 0886 240853 34,344.00
Advocates
Section 2. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General in the amount of $103,032.00 for the VOCA Domestic Violence Advocates Program.
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 $137,376.00 is appropriated as follows:
Dept Dept# Grant Grant # Fund OL1 OCA Code Amount
City Attorney 24-01 VOCA DV 248271 220 01 240853 137,376.00
Advocates
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.