City of Columbus - File #: 1153-2006

• File #: 1153-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 6/15/2006
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 10/23/2006
• Final action: 10/25/2006
• Title: To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate One Hundred Seventy-FiveThousand Dollars within the Safety Initiative Fund and to transfer additional Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars within the General Fund Department of Public Safety to the Division of Police for the purchase of digital cameras for police cruisers, and to declare an emergency. ($400,000).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/25/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/24/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/23/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/23/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/18/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/17/2006	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
6/19/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/19/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/19/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
6/16/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/16/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
6/16/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/15/2006	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
6/15/2006	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/15/2006	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
6/15/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
6/15/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation

This ordinance authorizes the city auditor to appropriate funds within the Safety Initiative Fund and to transfer funds within the General fund, Department of Public Safety to the Division of Police for the purchase of digital cameras for police cruisers. Two hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($225,000) will be transferred within the Safety Department to properly align appropriations with projected expenditures and additional One Hundred Seven-FiveThousand Dollars ($175,000) will be appropriated within the Safety Initiative fund.  These cameras are well-documented officer safety tools and are invaluable during court proceedings to provide evidence of police contact with citizens.  The total of Four Hundred Thousand Dollars ($400,000) will purchase approximately Sixty-Five cameras.

FISCAL IMPACT: Funds for these cameras were not specifically funded in 2006; however, monies earmarked for safety initiatives and projected budget savings are available to be appropriated and transferred for the video cameras.

Title

To authorize the City Auditor to appropriate One Hundred Seventy-FiveThousand Dollars within the Safety Initiative Fund and to transfer additional Two Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars within the General Fund Department of Public Safety to the Division of Police for the purchase of digital cameras for police cruisers, and to declare an emergency. ($400,000).

Body

WHEREAS, there is an immediate need within the Division of Police to purchase digital cameras for police cruisers; and

WHEREAS, it is necessary to transfer $225,000 within the general fund and to appropriate $175,000 within the safety initiative fund for a total of $400,000 to the Division of Police for the above mentioned purchases; and

WHEREAS, funds are available for appropriation and transfer within the safety initiative fund and general fund respectively, and

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Safety Department, Division of Police, in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the aforementioned appropriation and transfer in order to make the purchases in a timely manner; now, therefore:

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

SECTION 1.  That from the unappropriated monies in the Safety Initiative Fund (016) and from the monies estimated to come into said funds from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2006, the sum of $175,000 are appropriated within the Division of Police as follows:

Dept/Div 30-03|Fund 016| OCA 300316| Obj Level One 06|Obj Level Three 6643| Amount $175,000.00.

SECTION 2.  That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer funds within the General Fund as follows:

FROM:

Dept/Div: 30-01; Fund 010; OCA: 300111: Obj. Level One 03: Obj. Level Three 3336: Amount $100,000.00

Dept/Div: 30-03: Fund 010: OCA 900076; Obj Level One 10, Obj Level three 5501: Amount $125,000.00

TO:

Dept/Div: 30-03; Fund 010; OCA: 300327; OL01 Code 06; OL03 Code 6643: Amount $225,000.00

SECTION 3.  That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which are hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and will take effect and be in force from and after passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.