Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to accept a supplemental grant award from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, for the 2013 Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Domestic Violence Prosecutors grant to fund training costs. No additional match is required.
The original grant award acceptance was authorized by ordinance 0079-2013 passed 2/14/2013.
Emergency action is requested due to the timing of the award and the grant ending date of 12/31/13.
Fiscal Impact:
Original Grant Supplemental Total Grant
Federal Amount 107,000 2,000 109,000
City Match Required 35,667 0 35,667
Total Grant Award 142,667 2,000 144,667
Grant Period 01/01/13 - 12/31/13
Title
To authorize the acceptance of a supplemental grant award from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, for the 2013 VAWA Domestic Violence Prosecutors grant program; to authorize the appropriation of said funds in the amount of Two Thousand Dollars; and to declare an emergency. ($2,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office, a grant in the amount of One Hundred Seven Thousand Dollars ($107,000.00) for the 2013 VAWA Domestic Violence Prosecutors Program; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of the grant required matching funds in the amount of Thirty-five Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars ($35,667.00); and,
WHEREAS, the acceptance of said grant was authorized on February 14, 2013 by ordinance 0079-2013; and
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, has subsequently awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office, a supplemental grant award in the amount of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00); and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of said supplemental grant award does not require the City Attorney to supply matching funds; and
WHEREAS, the supplemental grant award is to fund training for the Domestic Violence Prosecutor grant program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the City Attorney's Office in that it is necessary to immediately accept and appropriate the grant funds in order that the activities supported may commence and for the preservation of the public 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 Attorney be and hereby is authorized to accept a supplemental grant award in the total amount of Two Thousand Dollars from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, to fund training for the 2013 VAWA Domestic Violence Prosecutors program, grant number 2012-WF-VA2-8758.
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 award period the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00) is appropriated as follows: department 2401, fund number 220, 2013 VAWA Domestic Violence Prosecutors Grant, grant number 241300, organizational cost account 241300, object level three 3330.
SECTION 3. That funds appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 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 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 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 days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.