City of Columbus - File #: 2574-2023

• File #: 2574-2023
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/7/2023
• In control: Public Safety Committee
• On agenda: 10/9/2023
• Final action: 10/12/2023
• Title: To authorize an appropriation of $400,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police; to authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbus to enter into year nine of the OSU Crime Interdiction Security Initiative; and to declare an emergency ($400,000.00).

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/12/2023	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/11/2023	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/9/2023	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/9/2023	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass

Explanation

BACKGROUND: This legislation appropriates funding for the joint Ohio State University ("OSU") - Columbus Division of Police ("CPD") Crime Interdiction Security Initiative. A long-standing, mutual-aid collaboration has been in place between both agencies with established guidelines for mutual assistance and use of resources to address criminal activity and emergencies that occur across jurisdictional lines. One of the provisions of the 2023 MOU is that OSU will reimburse the City of Columbus Division of Police for all overtime and benefit costs for sworn CPD officers who work overtime for initiative activities. The standard amount of OSU reimbursement to the City for these costs is $150,000.00 per academic year. However, this amount may be increased based on need and upon mutual agreement by the Parties, as is the case for the 2023-2024 OSU academic year for which the reimbursement total has been increased to $400,000.00.

The initiative activities and timing are determined via collaborative planning by OSU and CPD personnel. Examples of law enforcement activity would include student move-in/out times, the start of academic classes and high profile campus events. The 2023-2024 OSU academic year and the initiative are concurrently scheduled and began August 2023.

EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency legislation is necessary to expedite the appropriation of the funding for the OSU Crime Interdiction Security Initiative in time for the start of project activities that began August 2023.

FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $400,000.00 for CPD sworn overtime expenditures and benefits for the OSU Crime Interdiction Security Initiative. All funds appropriated are reimbursable from OSU through an OSU-CPD MOU. The 2021-2022 academic year grant reimbursable expenditures were $150,000.00 the 2022-2023 academic year grant reimbursable expenditures were $150,000.00 and the 2023-2024 academic year grant reimbursable expenditures ...