Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus has been awarded the Law Enforcement Data Improvement Project from the Ohio Department of Health. The program provides funding to law enforcement agencies to improve the quality, availability, and timeliness of the law enforcement data as it is transmitted to the Ohio Violent Death Reporting System (OH-VDRS). These funds will improve law enforcement data by providing resources to allow civilian personnel to work overtime. This overtime will allow the monthly reports to be produced and submitted in a more timely manner to the State of Ohio.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to make the funds available as soon as possible as the grant award start date was November 1, 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT: All appropriated funds will be reimbursed by the grant award.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to accept an award from the Ohio Department of Health for the Law Enforcement Data Improvement Project; to authorize an appropriation of $21,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover overtime costs associated with the Law Enforcement Data Improvement Project; and to declare an emergency. ($21,000.00)
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WHEREAS, through the use of overtime, the Columbus Division of Police seeks to enhance and expand their ability to improve the quality, availability, and timeliness of the law enforcement data as it is transmitted to the Ohio Violent Death Reporting system (OH-VDRS); and,
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Division of Police, was awarded funding through the Ohio Department of Health; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate the Law Enforcement Data Improvement Project award in order to make funds available for the grant award period, thereby preserving the public peace, health, property, safety and welfare; NOW, THEREFORE:
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized and directed to accept Ohio Department of Health, Law Enforcement Data Improvement Project Grant Funds for the use of overtime.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies 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 $21,000.00 is appropriated in Fund 2220 General Government Grants in Object Class 01 per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
SECTION 3. That the monies in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the 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 at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 5. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated.
SECTION 6. That for 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 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.