Explanation
TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF COLUMBUS CITY COUNCIL:
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $42,550.00 from the State of Ohio, Crime Victim Assistance Office, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Probation Department within the Department of Municipal Court Judges, the total amount of the grant . This grant will fund a portion of the salaries and fringes of two (2) Victim Assistants for the continuation of a program in the Probation Department to assist Probation Officers primarily in the Domestic Violence Unit. The two employees serve as a liaison to the City Prosecutor and work with the victims of crime when a perpetrator has been placed on probation. An additional $55,000.00 from the Court's Special Revenue Fund, Probation Fees, will fund the balance of the salaries and fringes not funded by the State of Ohio.
FISCAL IMPACT
No City of Columbus funds are needed since the match plus additional funding needs are budgeted in the Court's Special Revenue Fund, Probation Fees. This legislation is contingent upon the passage of companion transfer legislation from the Court's Special Revenue Fund.
EMERGENCY DECLARATION IS REQUESTED TO EXPEDITE THIS NEW CYCLE BEING IN PLACE AS CLOSE TO THE 1ST OF OCTOBER, 2003, AS POSSIBLE.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Crime Victims Assistance Office, and to appropriate $42,550.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges; and to declare an emergency ($42,550.00)
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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, a grant match in the amount of $55,000.00 will be provided by Probation User Fees for the remaining portion; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the city, in that it is immediately necessary to accept the aforementioned grant to expand probationary services in the area of victim assistance and to appropriate these grant funds for the continuation of the program thereby preserving the public health , peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $42,550.00 from the State of Ohio, Crime Victims Assistance Office.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated balance in the General Government Grant Fund, Fund 220, Subfund 003, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and appropriated for any other purpose during fiscal year ending December 31, 2003, the sum of $97,550.00 is appropriated to the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges as follows:
Dept # Sub-fund Project/Grant Obj Lev One Obj Lev Three OCA Amount
2501 003 253003 01 1100 253003 $97,550.00
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court; 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 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.