Explanation
The City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded FY05 Buffer Zone Protection Plan (BZPP) funding through the Ohio Emergency Management Agency. The BZPP is a U. S. Department of Homeland Security grant program that provides targeted funding through the states to local jurisdiction to protect and secure areas surrounding critical infrastructures and key resources. The purchase of equipment identified and approved by the U. S. Department of Homeland Security in the area Vulnerability Reduction Purchase Plan is intended to extend a zone of protection and reduce vulnerabilities in areas surrounding critical infrastructures and key resources. Items identified for purchase include multiple surveillance camera systems and security bollard packages, night vision goggles, a portable radiological detector and a digital imaging system with x-ray package. Chief of Police, James G. Jackson, is the designated City of Columbus recipient representative to act on behalf of the city as signatory official for this grant.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to make the awarded funds available to begin the grant project. There has already been one grant end date extension so it is imperative for purchasing procedures to begin at the earliest possible time.
FISCAL IMPACT: There is no fiscal impact for the City General Fund Account. There is no required match for this grant. All appropriated funds will be reimbursed by the grant funded award.
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To authorize and direct the Chief of Police of the City of Columbus to accept a FY05 Buffer Zone Protection Plan (BZPP) Grant Award from the Ohio Emergency Management Agency for the purchase of identified equipment to protect and secure areas surrounding critical infrastructures and key resources, to authorize the appropriation of $264,314.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police for the FY05 BZPP grant expenditures, and to declare an emergency. ($264,314.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded a FY05 Buffer Zone Protection Plan (BZPP) Grant by the Ohio Emergency Management Agency; and
WHEREAS, Chief of Police, James G. Jackson, is the designated City of Columbus recipient representative to act on behalf of the city as signatory official for this FY05 BZPP Grant; and
WHEREAS, the award funds will purchase equipment identified to extend a zone of protection and reduce vulnerabilities in areas surrounding critical infrastructures and key resources; 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 authorize the Chief of Police to accept a FY05 Buffer Zone Protection Plan Grant Award and authorize the appropriation of the grant funds 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 Chief of Police be and is hereby authorized and directed to accept a FY05 Buffer Zone Protection Plan (BZPP) Grant Award.
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 $264, 314.00 is appropriated as follows:
DIV FD OBJ LV (1) OBJ LV (3) OCA GRANT AMOUNT
30-03 220 02 2215 336034 336034 $ 37,090.00
30-03 220 03 3331 336034 336034 $ 2,500.00
30-03 220 06 6643 336034 336034 $ 12,734.00
30-03 220 06 6647 336034 336034 $106,990.00
30-03 220 06 6651 336034 336034 $105,000.00
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 thereof, 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.