Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes an appropriation of $100,000.00 from the unappropriated cash balance within the Columbus Fire K-9 Private Grant; this fund was established for the deposit of revenues generated from a private grantor and Columbus Fire Division K-9 training activities in the Division of Fire, and for the expenditure of goods and/or services for the Fire Division's K-9 Bureaus as authorized in Ordinance 0699-2008, passed October 6, 2008.
Bid Information: N/A
Contract Compliance: N/A
Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to make funding immediately available for pending Columbus Fire K-9 supplies and training requests.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an appropriation of $100,000.00 in the Columbus Fire K-9 Private Grant Fund; there is no impact on the General Fund due to this appropriation.
Title
To authorize an appropriation of $100,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Columbus Fire K-9 Private Grant to provide funds for the purchase of goods and/or services for the Division of Fire's K-9 Bureau; and to declare an emergency. ($100,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Fire Division's K-9 Bureau, as authorized by Ordinance No. 0699-2008, generates revenues through a private grantor, which are deposited and expended via the Division's Columbus Fire K-9 Private Grant, and
WHEREAS, the Fire Division's K-9 Bureau needs to appropriate funds within the aforementioned fund to purchase goods and/or services for K-9 supply needs and training related activities, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Public Safety Department, Fire Division, in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate funds within the unappropriated cash balance of the aforementioned fund for the purchase of needed goods and/or services, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; Now, therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
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