Explanation
[BACKGROUND:
This ordinance appropriates and transfers $55,000.00 from the Municipal Court Special Revenue Fund, Probation Services Fund, to the General Government Grants Fund. The amount appropriated and transferred constitutes a match for the grant awarded to the Department of Probation Services within the Department of Franklin County Municipal Court Judges, and additional monies to supplement salaries and benefits not covered by the grant. This legislation will also allow for the continuation of a program for two victim assistants to assist the Probation Officers primarily in the Domestic Violence Unit. The two employees serve as liaison to the City Prosecutor and work with the victims of crime when the perpetrator has been placed on probation.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Funds are available within the Probation Fees Fund for the portion not covered by the grant. A corresponding ordinance appropriates the grant funds supplied by the State of Ohio.
EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS REQUESTED TO EXPEDITE THIS NEW CYCLE AS CLOSE TO THE FIRST OF OCTOBER, 2003, AS POSSIBLE.
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To authorize and direct the appropriation and transfer of $55,000.00 from the Municipal Court Special Revenue Fund, Probation Services Fund, to the General Government Grant Fund for the purpose of funding the portion not covered by a grant awarded to the Municipal Court Judges for Victim Assistants; and to declare an emergency ($55,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to provide victim services in the Franklin County Municipal Court, Department of Probation Services; and
WHEREAS, a grant from the State of Ohio, Crime Victims Assistance Office, in the amount of $42,550.00 has been awarded to provide a portion of the personnel costs; and
WHEREAS, additional monies in the amount of $55,000.00 is required for the remaining portion which is to come from probation fees; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the city, in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate the grant match and transfer these funds to the unallocated program thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That from the unappropriated balance of the Municipal Court Special Revenue Fund, Probation Fees Fund, Fund 227, Subfund 003, the sum of $55,000.00 is appropriated to the Municipal Court Judges as follows:
Dept # Subfund Project/Grant Obj Lev One Obj Lev Three OCA Amount
2501 003 253003 10 5501 253003 $55,000.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor be and is hereby authorized and directed to transfer $55,000.00 from the Probation Fees Fund, Fund No. 227, Subfund 003, to the General Government Grant Fund, Fund No. 220.
SECTION 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.