Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to accept a grant from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, and will further authorize the transfer of the required matching funds from the general fund.
These grant funds will be used to retain a stalking investigative specialist who will work with the City Attorney’s Domestic Violence unit to assit in the investigation of stalking cases, assist victims, and fill a liaison role with municipal police departments hareing information and maintain data dollection on stalking susptects.
This ordinance is contingent on the passage of the 2013 general fund budget ordinance 2630-2012.
Fiscal Impact:
The required matching funds of $14,667.00 are included in the City Attorney's 2013 General Fund Budget.
Project period: 01/01/13 - 12/31/13
Federal Share: $44,000.00
Matching funds: $14,667.00
Total Grant: $58,667.00
Emergency Designation:
Emergency action is requested to allow the grant activities to commence as soon as possible.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to accept a grant from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, in the amount of $44,000.00 for the VAWA Stalking Investigation Program; to authorize the appropriation of said funds; to authorize the transfer of matching funds in the amount of $14,667.00 from the general fund; and, to declare an emergency. ($58,667.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, has awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney’s Office, a grant in the amount of Forty-four Thousand Dollars ($44,000.00) for the 2013 VAWA Stalking Investigation Program; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of this grant requires matching funds in the amount of Fourteen Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-seven Dollars ($14,667.00); and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the...
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