Explanation
Need: The City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded funding through the Department of Justice 2006 Anti-Gang Initiative. The initiative supports new and expanded anti-gang prevention and enforcement efforts by building on effective strategies and partnerships. The funding will support 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 $84,362.00 grant award is Columbus Police Commander Jay Evans.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to make the awarded funds available to begin project activities at the earliest possible time.
FISCAL IMPACT
There are no matching funds required for this grant award. However, some city labor fringe benefit costs estimated at approximately $1,900.00 will not be reimbursed by the grant. Those costs must be funded by the City General Fund budget. All other grant expenditures will be reimbursed by the grant awarded funding.
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To authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a 2006 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 $84,362.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of the 2006 Anti-Gang Initiative grant project and to declare an emergency. ($84,362.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded funding through a 2006 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 2006 Anti-Gang Initiative Grant and to provide information as required; 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 2006 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 2006 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 2006 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 $84,362.00 is appropriated as follows:
DIV FD OBJ1 OBJ3 OCACD GRANT AMOUNT
30-03 220 01 1131 337036 337036 34,212.00
30-03 220 02 2206 337036 337036 5,350.00
30-03 220 02 2216 337036 337036 33,000.00
30-03 220 02 2290 337036 337036 5,600.00
30-03 220 03 3330 337036 337036 300.00
30-03 220 06 6647 337036 337036 5,900.00
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.