City of Columbus - File #: 1345-2006

• File #: 1345-2006
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 7/10/2006
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 7/24/2006
• Final action: 7/26/2006
• Title: To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into contract with iSECUREtrac; to authorize the transfer of $60,000 within the Court's 2006 general fund budget; to authorize the expenditure of up to $60,000 with iSECUREtrac for electronic monitoring of offenders; to waive the competitive bidding provisions of the Columbus City Code; and to declare an emergency. ($60,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
7/26/2006	1	ACTING CITY CLERK	Attest
7/25/2006	1	MAYOR	Signed
7/24/2006	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
7/24/2006	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
7/20/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/20/2006	1	City Clerk's Office	Sent back for Clarification/Correction
7/13/2006	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/13/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/13/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/13/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/13/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
7/13/2006	1	ODI DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/13/2006	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
7/13/2006	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/13/2006	1	Finance - Purchasing Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/12/2006	1	MuniCrtJudges Drafter	Sent for Approval
7/12/2006	1	MUNICRTJUDGES DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
7/12/2006	1	EBOCO Reviewer	Sent for Approval

Explanation

BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Franklin County Municipal Court Administrative and Presiding Judge to enter into contract with iSECUREtrac and to authorize the expenditure of up to $60,000 from the Municipal Court Judges 2006 general fund budget for electronic monitoring of indigent and other offenders in the Court's home confinement program.

In 2006, the Court was funded for a program to offer home incarceration as an alternative to jail when the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas discontinued extending its program to offenders of the Franklin County Municipal Court. As funded in 2006, the Court's program covered the cost of three probation officers and other incidental expenses with the assumption that the cost of monitoring would be borne by the offender. During the development of the program, it became clear that the Court needed to offer the program to individuals who cannot pay the cost of the monitoring, but who otherwise would be eligible for such a program. Also, while most self-paying offenders are able to arrange electronic monitoring with a vendor that provides radio frequency equipment, at the present time, that vendor cannot offer global positioning equipment. As a result, the Court also needs to accommodate those offenders which, while they are not indigent, currently have no access to global positioning equipment. During the program's pilot phase, the Court has determined that iSECUREtrac offers the most extensive monitoring equipment types (from radio frequency to both active and passive global positioning) and as such, the Court requests that the provisions of competitive bidding be waived in order enter into contract with iSECUREtrac.

iSECUREtrac, contract compliance # 870347787.

FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are available within the Court's 2006 general fund appropriations for this purpose.

This legislation is considered an emergency measure to ensure that the contract is in place so that the Court ma...