Explanation
Need: The City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded funding through the FY2007 COPS Technology Program. This program provides funding to local and state law enforcement agencies for the procurement of technology focusing on data information-sharing and/or an enhancement of voice interoperability with regional, state and federal partners. It will support projects aimed at facilitating the sharing of information, either data or voice, across multiple jurisdictions within a region or state with the ultimate objective of increasing public safety. The Central Ohio Data Sharing Initiative was awarded funds for the purchase of standardized hardware/software consisting of mobile laptop computers, a web-based mug shot system and hand-held radios with state-wide communication capability. The official city program contact authorized to act in connection with this $6,219,720.00 36 month project is Technical Services Bureau Police Lieutenant, Ramona Patts. The project includes the federal award and required local match for the following approved grant budget expenditures:
Mobile Data Computer Laptops with modems (estimated #587) = $3,991,600.00
Marcs 800 MHz Radios (estimated #300) = $1,500,000.00
Server for radio IP Software (1) = $8,000.00
Mugshot Database with 2 yrs maintenance (1) = $265,000.00
Radio IP Mobile Router Client and Server Software with 2 yrs maintenance (estimated #787) = $440,720.00
Travel and Training for required Kickoff conference = $10,200.00
Travel and Training at additional workshop = $4,200.00
FISCAL IMPACT:
The required city cash match of $1,554,930.00 will be included in requests for the 2008 Capital Improvement Budget. The city match amount can be met during the three year award period to go with the federal award amount of $4,664,790.00.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is needed because the 36 month grant award period began September 1, 2007 and the appropriated funds need to be available to arrange for the required attendance by grantees at the December 2007 grant kick off conference.
Title
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a FY2007 COPS Technology Grant Award from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, to authorize Police Technical Services Bureau Lieutenant, Ramona Patts, as the official city representative to act in connection with this grant, and to authorize an appropriation of $6,219,720.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of The Central Ohio Data Sharing Initiative project, and to declare an emergency. ($6,219,720.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Police has been 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 Central Ohio Data Sharing Initiative project funded through the FY2007 COPS Technology Program Grant will allow area public safety officers to share voice and data information; and
WHEREAS, Police Technical Services Bureau Lieutenant Ramona Patts has been identified as the official city representative to act in connection with the FY2007 COPS Technology Grant and to provide information as required; 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 Mayor to accept a FY2007 COPS Technology Grant, to appoint Police Lieutenant Ramona Patts as the official city representative to act in connection with this grant and to authorize an appropriation for the grant project, Central Ohio Data-Sharing Initiative to satisfy the timelines of the grant, 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 accept a FY2007 COPS Technology Program Grant for technology to improve data information-sharing and enhance voice interoperability with regional, state and federal partners via the Central Ohio Data Sharing Initiative project.
SECTION 2. That Police Technical Services Bureau Lieutenant Ramona Patts is designated as official city program contact and authorized to act in connection with the FY2007 COPS Technology Program 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 $6,219,720.00 is appropriated as follows:
DIV FD OBJ#1 OBJ#3 OCACD GRANT AMOUNT
30 220 02 2224 337040 337040 705,720.00
30 220 03 3330 337040 337040 14,400.00
30 220 06 6644 337040 337040 1,500,000.00
30 220 06 6649 337040 337040 3,999,600.00
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 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.