Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a subgrant in the amount of $36,684.07 from 16.738 Edward Byrne Justice Assistant Grant Formula Program funded through the U.S. Department of Justice Assistance, the Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services; authorizes the Franklin County Municipal Court, Clerk of Court Lori M. Tyack as the official representative to undertake the day to day operations of the E-Ticket subgrant; appropriates the said amount from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund; authorizes the transfer and appropriation of the required matched funds of $18,314.54. In addition, this ordinance authorizes the Director of Finance and Management on behalf of the Franklin County Municipal Court, Clerk of Court to enter into a contract with Advanced Public Safety, Inc. and authorizes the Franklin County Municipal Court, Clerk of Court to modify contract FL000868 with Maximus, Inc.; authorizes an expenditure of $54, 998.61 from the general government grant fund for the purchase of Virtual Partner software, electronic traffic ticket units and technology interface.
The E-Ticket subgrant (2006-JG-EOV-6354), in the amount of $36,684.07 and the required matched funds of $18,314.54 will fund the acquisition of Virtual Partner software, electronic traffic ticket units and technology interface to support the E-Ticket pilot project for the Franklin County Municipal Court Clerk's office and the Columbus Division of Police. The pilot program will consist of equipping five (5) Columbus Division of Police cruisers with the ability to electronically issue traffic citations from the mobile computer in their patrol cars. The officers will be able to complete traffic citations in less than 60 seconds. The patented application captures data from the CAD/Mobile data system and auto populates an electronic version of the citation on a computer screen. The traffic offender's information is ...
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