Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Ohio Department of Public Safety. This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $137,500.00 in grant money to fund the Safe Communities grant program, for the period October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024.
The Safe Communities program provides expanded traffic safety services through the dissemination of safety awareness and education forums throughout Columbus and Franklin County.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency to continue the support of all activities for the Safe Communities grant and to fund the program for the period October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024 and to avoid delay in client services.
FISCAL IMPACT: The Safe Communities Program is entirely funded by the grant from the U.S. Department of Transportation through the Ohio Department of Public Safety and does not generate revenue or require a City Match.
Title
To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the Ohio Department of Public Safety in the amount of $137,500.00 for the Safe Communities program, which provides expanded traffic safety services through the dissemination of safety awareness and education forums throughout Columbus and Franklin County; to authorize the appropriation of $137,500.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($137,500.00)
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WHEREAS, $137,500.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Public Safety for the Safe Communities grant program for the period of October 1, 2023 through September 30, 2024; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the Ohio Department of Public Safety for the continued support of the Safe Communities grant program; and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's acc...
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