Explanation
This ordinance authorizes and directs the City Auditor to transfer $1,554,930.00 from Public Safety's Governmental Build American Bond Funds to the Central Ohio Data Sharing Grant Fund. The Division of Police was awarded $4,664,790.00 through the FY 2007 COPS Technology Program to improve data information-sharing and enhance voice interoperability with regional, state and federal partners, by purchasing radios, mobile data computer laptops and mugshot equipment. As part of this award, the City was required to provide twenty-five percent matching funds of $1,554,930.00 for a total project allocation of $6,219,720.00. This match was authorized and budgeted in the City's 2008 Capital Improvement Budget. Bonds were sold for this project and funds are available to be transferred to meet the City's obligation of twenty-five percent match.
EMERGENCY ACTION is requested because funds are now available from the City's recent bond sale and the City Auditor needs to eliminate the deficit reflected in the Central Ohio Data Sharing Initiative Grant Fund before the end of the year.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes a transfer of $1,554,930 from the Public Safety Governmental Build American Bond funds to the Central Ohio Data Sharing Grant Fund. A negative balance of $1,122,170.00 is currently reflected in the Grant Fund. This negative balance is the City's required twenty-five percent match of all purchases that have been made so far. Although the match was budgeted at $1,555,000.00, the actual amount purchased in equipment is $1,554,930.00
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $1,554,930.00 from Public Safety's Governmental Build American Bond Funds to the Central Ohio Data Sharing Grant Fund to meet the City's twenty-five percent Grant Fund match needed for the purchase of police communication and mug shot equipment for Central Ohio Public Safety Agencies; and to declare an emergency. ($1,554,930.00)
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WHEREAS, the Division of Police was awarded funding through a FY2007 COPS Technology Program Grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services for technology to improve data information-sharing and enhance voice interoperability with regional, state and federal partners; and
WHEREAS, the Grant award of $4,664,790.00 requires a city twenty-five percent match of $1,554,930.00 for a total project amount of $6,219,720.00 including the match; and
WHEREAS, the match was made available through recent bond sales by the city and needs transferred to the Central Ohio Data Sharing Grant Fund account for the City's share of the project; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the transfer of funds to eliminate the deficit created in the Grant Fund before the end of the year, 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 the City Auditor is hereby authorized to transfer $1,554,930.00 FROM the Governmental Build American Fund 746| Project Name: COPS Technology Program| Project Number: 320001-100005| OCA Code: 710001| Obj Level 3:6600
TO
Governmental American Fund 746|Project Name:COPS Technology Program|Project Number: 320001-100005| OCA Code: 710001| Obj Level 3:5501
FROM
Governmental American Fund 746|Project Name:COPS Technology Program|Project Number: 320001-100005| OCA Code: 710001| Obj Level 3:5501.
TO
Division: 30-03|Fund 220|OCA Code:337040|Grant Number:337040| Amount: $1,554,930.00
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is authorized to establish proper accounting project numbers and to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for any contract or contract modification associated with the expenditure of funds transferred in Section 1 above.
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.