Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Need: The City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded funding through the Title II Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act. This FY2004 funding award is for the sworn personnel costs and forms for the Truancy Deterrence Program. Uniformed Columbus Police Officers, working on an overtime basis, will take into custody any juvenile who should be in school and transport them to the appropriate school or agency. The program is intended to involve parents, legal guardians and all applicable parties in reducing truancy and possible criminal activities by truants. The City must act as subgrantee to the Franklin County Board of Commissioners through the Justice Programs Unit according to the federal grant guidelines. Therefore the Mayor is required to sign a subgrantee award and contract document to accept the award on behalf of the City.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is needed to expedite making funds available for the ongoing program costs as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no impact for the General Fund Account. All funds appropriated will be reimbursed by the grant award.
Title
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a subgrantee award and enter into a contract with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners via the Justice Programs Unit for a FY2004 Title II Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant, to authorize an appropriation of $17,460.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of the Truancy Deterrence Program and to declare an emergency. ($17,460.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded a FY2004 Title II Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant for a Truancy Deterrence Program; and
WHEREAS, the grant funding is for the costs of sworn personnel overtime and forms for the Truancy Deterrence Program; and
WHEREAS, this grant award period starts January 1, 2005 and the Truancy Deterrence Program has current ongoing expenses that require timely payments; and
WHEREAS, emergency designation is needed to expedite making the grant funds available for payment of the ongoing operating expenses funded by the grant award; 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 the Mayor to accept the FY2004 Title II Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention grant and to authorize an appropriation for the Truancy Deterrence Program 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 Mayor of the City of Columbus be and is hereby authorized and directed to enter into contract with the Franklin County Board of Commissioners to accept a Fiscal Year 2004 Title II Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act subgrantee award for the Truancy Deterrence Program.
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 subgrant award period the sum of $17,460.00 is appropriated as follows:
DIV FD OBJ#1 OBJ#3 OCACD GRANT AMOUNT
30-03 220 01 1127 335014 335014 $ 833.00
30-03 220 01 1131 335014 335014 12,818.00
30-03 220 01 1161 335014 335014 2,499.00
30-03 220 01 1171 335014 335014 186.00
30-03 220 01 1173 335014 335014 820.00
30-03 220 02 2211 335014 335014 304.00
Section 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 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 4. 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.