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File #: 2100-2007    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 12/6/2007 In control: Safety Committee
On agenda: 1/28/2008 Final action: 1/31/2008
Title: To authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a 2007 Anti-Gang Initiative grant award from the Department of Justice, U. S. Attorney's Office via the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, to authorize Columbus Police Commander, Jay Evans, as the official city representative to act in connection with the grant, to authorize an appropriation of $87,112.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of the 2007 Anti-Gang Initiative grant project and to declare an emergency. ($87,112.00)
Date Ver.Action ByActionResultAction DetailsMeeting Details
1/31/20081 CITY CLERK Attest  Action details Meeting details
1/30/20081 MAYOR Signed  Action details Meeting details
1/28/20081 Columbus City Council ApprovedPass Action details Meeting details
1/28/20081 COUNCIL PRESIDENT Signed  Action details Meeting details
1/4/20081 Auditor Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
1/4/20081 CITY AUDITOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
1/4/20081 Safety Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
1/4/20081 CITY ATTORNEY Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
1/4/20081 Safety Drafter Sent to Clerk's Office for Council  Action details Meeting details
1/3/20081 Safety Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
12/31/20071 Finance Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
12/31/20071 FINANCE DIRECTOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
12/27/20071 Finance Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
12/18/20071 Safety Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
12/11/20071 SAFETY DIRECTOR Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
12/10/20071 Safety Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
12/7/20071 Safety Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
12/7/20071 Safety Reviewer Reviewed and Approved  Action details Meeting details
12/6/20071 Safety Drafter Sent for Approval  Action details Meeting details
Explanation
 
Need: The City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded funds through the Department of Justice 2007 Anti-Gang Initiative.  The initiative is supporting a renewal of the new anti-gang prevention and enforcement projects.  The funds will be used in a multi-faceted collaborative effort to identify, investigate and prosecute both the individual gang members and the infrastructure of their gangs.  Additional activities will include a community outreach program aimed at educating and fostering more cooperative relationships between law enforcement and the community.  Partnering with Federal and State resources will maximize the prosecution and penalties of gang members and their organizations.  Funding has been provided for sworn overtime, specialized training and surveillance equipment and for buying evidence.  Community outreach supplies and curricular materials will also be funded.  The official city program contact authorized to act in connection with this $87,112.00 grant award is Columbus Police Commander Jay Evans.
 
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to make the awarded funds available for project activities at the earliest possible time. The grant award period started October 1, 2007.
 
FISCAL IMPACT
 
There are no matching funds required for this grant award.  All grant expenditures will be reimbursed by the grant awarded funding.
 
Title
 
To authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a 2007 Anti-Gang Initiative grant award from the Department of Justice, U. S. Attorney's Office via the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, to authorize Columbus Police Commander, Jay Evans, as the official city representative to act in connection with the grant, to authorize an appropriation of $87,112.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of the 2007 Anti-Gang Initiative grant project and to declare an emergency. ($87,112.00)
 
Body
 
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded funding through a 2007 Anti-Gang Initiative grant from the Department of Justice; and
 
WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Police is in need of additional funding for sworn overtime, specialized training and equipment, evidence expenditures and community outreach supplies for its Anti-Gang program activities; and
 
WHEREAS, Columbus Police Commander, Jay Evans, has been identified as the official city representative to act in connection with the 2007 Anti-Gang Initiative Grant and to provide information as required; and
 
WHEREAS, emergency legislation status is needed to make the grant funds available as soon as possible for ongoing activities and new purchases in the grant period that started October 1, 2007; and
 
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the City of Columbus Division of Police in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Mayor to accept a 2007 Anti-Gang Initiative grant for the Division of Police and to authorize an appropriation for the grant activities for the immediate 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 Mayor of the City of Columbus be and is hereby authorized and directed to accept a 2007 Anti-Gang Initiative grant for sworn overtime, specialized training and surveillance equipment, evidence and community outreach supply purchases for the Anti-Gang program.
 
SECTION 2. That Columbus Police Commander, Jay Evans, is designated as the official city program contact and authorized to act in connection with the 2007 Anti-Gang Initiative Grant and to provide any additional information required.
 
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 purposes during the grant period, the sum of $87,112.00 is appropriated as follows:
 
DIV      FD      OBJ1      OBJ3      OCACD            GRANT            AMOUNT
 
30-03      220        01        1131       337044            337044             34,212.00
30-03      220        02        2206       337044            337044               6,100.00
30-03      220        02        2216       337044            337044             31,900.00
30-03      220        02        2244       337044            337044               1,900.00
30-03      220        02        2290       337044            337044               6,000.00
30-03      220        06        6647       337044            337044               7,000.00
 
SECTION 4. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 3 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 5. That for reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which 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.