City of Columbus - File #: 0399-2004

• File #: 0399-2004
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 2/18/2004
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 3/1/2004
• Final action: 3/2/2004
• Title: To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $150,000.00 from the fees collected by the City Attorney's Bad Checks Program for the purpose of paying the salary of the Program Coordinator and the cost of professional mediation services, and to declare an emergency.

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/2/2004	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/2/2004	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
3/1/2004	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
3/1/2004	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT PRO-TEM	Signed
2/19/2004	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/19/2004	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/19/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/19/2004	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
2/19/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/18/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/18/2004	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/18/2004	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/18/2004	1	Atty Drafter	Sent for Approval

Ord  0399 -2004  Bad Check Diversion Program 2004 Appropriation

.Explanation

Background:

This legislation will authorize the appropriation of $150,000.00 from the fund generated by fees collected from the City Attorney's Bad Checks Program to pay the annual salary of the Bad Checks Program Coordinator and for the services of various professional mediators.

Fiscal Impact:   The Bad Checks Program is entirely funded from collected fees.

Title

To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $150,000.00 from the fees collected by the City Attorney's Bad Checks Program for the purpose of paying the salary of the Program Coordinator and the cost of professional mediation services, and to declare an emergency.

Body

WHEREAS, administrative fees are imposed and collected by the City Attorney's Office for the Bad Checks Program; and

WHERAS, the cost of this program is solely supported by the fees collected, and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Attorney's Office, in that it is necessary to immediately authorize the appropriation and expenditure of these collected fees for the continuance of the program and for the preservation the pubic health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and, now therefore,

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:

SECTION 1.  That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate One Hundred Fifty Thousand and no/100 Dollars  ($150,000.00) from the Special Purposes Fund as follows:

Div/Dept            24-01                  24-01

Fund                  Bad Check Fees            Bad Check Fees      

Fund #                  223                  223

Object level 3            3336                  1101      

OCA Code            223131                  223131

Amount                  $80,000.00            $70,000.00

SECTION 2.  That the City Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to expend those funds for the purpose of paying the salary of the Bad Checks Program Coordinator and for professional meditation services.

SECTION 3.   That the monies appropriated in the foregoing section shall be paid upon order of the City Attorney; 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 the 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 (10) days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.