Explanation
NEED: The City of Columbus, Division of Police, has been awarded funding through the FY2010 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs via the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs. The city must act as sub-grantee to the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs. Therefore, the Mayor is required to sign sub-grantee award documents on behalf of the city to accept the $50,000.00 awarded to fund the Fingerprint Technician project. This project will provide funding to hire two part time Fingerprint Technicians to staff the Franklin County Clerk of Courts office and the Division of Police Identification Unit. These technicians will take fingerprints from persons charged with criminal offenses. The grant award period begins October 1, 2011 and ends December 31, 2012.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency legislation is needed to process the acceptance documents for the grant in a timely manner and to expedite making the awarded funds available for the grant activities as soon as possible for the October 1, 2011 project period start date.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $50,000.00 awarded through a FY2010 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for the hiring of two Fingerprint Technicians. There will be no effect on the financial status of the General Fund, as all appropriated funds will be reimbursed with the approved grant funds.
Title
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a sub-grantee award through the FY2010 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) program from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs via the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice programs; to authorize an appropriation of $50,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police for hiring of Fingerprint Technicians and to declare an emergency ($50,000.00).
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WHEREAS, The City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded grant funding through an FY2010 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for the Fingerprint Technician Project; and
WHEREAS, the project activities will include hiring two part-time Fingerprint Technicians to process fingerprints at the Franklin County Clerk of Courts Office and the Division of Police Identification Unit; and
WHEREAS, the project period start date is October 1, 2011; and
WHEREAS, emergency legislation is needed to process the grant acceptance documents in a timely manner and to expedite making the awarded funds available for project activities as soon as possible; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual and daily operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate the FY2010 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for the Fingerprint Technician Project for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, 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 FY2010 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) for the Fingerprint Technician Project.
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 project period, the sum of $50,000.00 is appropriated as follows:
DIV |
FD |
ObjLv#1 |
ObjLv#3 |
OCACD |
GRANT |
AMOUNT |
30-03 |
220 |
01 |
1112 |
331108 |
331108 |
$39,541.32 |
30-03 |
220 |
01 |
1120 |
331108 |
331108 |
$2,372.48 |
30-03 |
220 |
01 |
1160 |
331108 |
331108 |
$5,535.78 |
30-03 |
220 |
01 |
1171 |
331108 |
331108 |
$573.35 |
30-03 |
220 |
01 |
1173 |
331108 |
331108 |
$1,977.07 |
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.