City of Columbus - File #: 0187-2006

• File #: 0187-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/22/2006
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 2/13/2006
• Final action: 2/15/2006
• Title: To authorize the appropriation of $314,526 from the unappropriated balance of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges probation fee fund for all anticipated expenses associated with the enhancement of probation services; and to declare an emergency. ($314,526.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
2/15/2006	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
2/14/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
2/13/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
2/13/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
2/8/2006	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
2/8/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
2/8/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/8/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/27/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/27/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
1/27/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
1/26/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
1/26/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/24/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/24/2006	1	MUNICRTJUDGES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
1/24/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $314,526, and reflects the anticipated expenses for fiscal year 2006 within the Franklin County Municipal Court's fund for probation fees. These funds are collected as a one-time probation supervision fee for all individuals placed under probation supervision by the Court, effective December 1, 1995. The collection of said funds was authorized by Amended Substitute House Bill Number 406, signed into law in August, 1994. The Franklin County Municipal Court Judges incorporated the collection of probation fees into Local Court Rule 13, effective December 1, 1995, in the amount of $20.00 per case. During 2005, the fee for probation supervision was increased to $40.00 per case.

Funds are to be used for the enhancement of probation services, not to supplant existing funds. The intent of these funds is to provide for specialized probation staff, the purchase of needed equipment, services, and other similar probation-related expenses not currently available to the Court's probation services department.

EMERGENCY: Emergency action is requested to allow uninterrupted payments to staff and vendors.

Title

To authorize the appropriation of $314,526 from the unappropriated balance of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges probation fee fund for all anticipated expenses associated with the enhancement of probation services; and to declare an emergency. ($314,526.00)

Body

Whereas, an appropriation of these funds is necessary in order to continue with the enhancement of probation services and the payment thereof, and

Whereas, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges in that it is immediately necessary to undertake said activities, in order for the probation department to commence expending these funds, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare; now therefore;

BE IT ORDAINED BY THE ...