Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: An appropriation is needed for the Federal Fiscal Year 2004 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant (LLEBG) award. The purpose of the federal LLEBG program is to provide units of local government with funds to underwrite projects to reduce crime and improve public safety. Current and ongoing LLEBG projects include police cruiser mobile data transmission (MDT), computerized records management and criminal case management systems. The FY04 LLEBG funding continues support of both the network infrastructure and the mobile infrastructure by paying for software maintenance that will provide customer support and upgrades for the information technology infrastructure. The remaining FY04 LLEBG funds will be used to purchase software customization services to further maximize the extensive information management system investment made to date. The customization goals include replacing and enhancing current dos-based programs in the property room and pawn shop record keeping areas and providing coordination in the public records area between document classification and records retention/disposition schedules and reports.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to make these current funds available as soon as possible to meet the ongoing and in process costs of maintaining and enhancing the information technology system.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact for the City General Fund Account. All appropriated funds will come from the grant award and any interest income accrued by them.
Title
To authorize an appropriation of $292,800.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Local Law Enforcement Block Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of ongoing maintenance and software customization services for Local Law Enforcement Block Grant projects and to declare an emergency. ($292,800.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Police has received funding through a FY2004 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant award; and
WHEREAS, the ongoing Local Law Enforcement Block Grant projects have an immediate need for funds to continue purchasing maintenance and software customization services; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize an appropriation for the FY2004 Local Law Enforcement Block Grant projects to make the funds available as soon as possible for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
Section 1. That from the unappropriated monies in the Local Law Enforcement Block 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 period the sum of $292,800.00 is appropriated as follows:
DIV FD OBJ#1 OBJ#3 OCACD GRANT AMOUNT
30-03 222 03 3336 338009 338009 119,800.00
30-03 222 03 3372 338009 338009 173,000.00
Section 2. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Public Safety; 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 3. That for 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.