Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the transfer of funds between divisions and object classes within the General Fund to align budget authority with projected expenditures.
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested as funds are needed immediately to pay outstanding invoices and establish purchase orders for outstanding contracts.
FISCAL IMPACT: $841,561.00 will be transferred between divisions and object classes within Public Safety's General Fund Budget and from Finance's Citywide Account into Public Safety's General Fund Budget. There is sufficient budget authority available to fund these transfers.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to transfer $841,561.00 between divisions and object classes within the General Fund to align budget authority with projected expenditures; and to declare an emergency. ($841,561.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety is projecting budget deficits in several object classes within its 2024 General Fund Budget and has several outstanding invoices and contracts that need to be processed; and,
WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety has a need to transfer $841,561.00 between divisions and object classes within the 2024 General Fund Budget. Funds for this transfer have been identified and are available in several divisions and object classes, including Finance's Citywide Account, as shown in the attachment to this ordinance; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Auditor to transfer funds between divisions and object classes within the 2024 General Fund Budget in order to align budget authority with projected expenditures, pay outstanding invoices, and establish purchase orders for outstanding contracts, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, and safety; NOW, THEREFORE,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the transfer of $841,561.00 or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized between divisions and object classes within Fund 1000 General Fund per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 2. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such account codes as necessary.
SECTION 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared 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.