Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Franklin County Municipal Court Administrative and Presiding Judge to modify and extend the contract with Kroll Laboratory, Inc. (formerly Scientific Testing Laboratories, Inc.) and to authorize the expenditure of up to $10,000 from the Municipal Court Judges probation fee fund for on-going urinalysis and oral fluid testing for offenders sentenced to probation.
In a significant number of cases, the Court requires urinalysis and oral fluid testing of offenders sentenced to probation be performed to determine whether or not the offender has substance abuse issues and if so, what substances are being used. Urinalysis and oral fluid testing are important tools for probation officers to use in designing an appropriate treatment regimen for each offender. In addition, throughout the term of an offender's probation, regular testing ensures that any drug use will be detected, thereby assuring the continued compliance of the offender's conditions of probation and abstinence from drugs.
On July 24, 2006, ordinance number 1354-2006, City Council authorized the original contract with Kroll Laboratory, Inc. The Probation Department has recommended to the Court that, for continuity of service, the Court continues to receive urinalysis testing services from Kroll.
Kroll Laboratory, Inc. contract compliance # 7208466066 expiration 7/24/2009
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are budgeted and available within the 2008 Franklin County Municipal Court probation fee fund budget for this purpose.
This legislation is considered an emergency measure to ensure the continuation of uninterrupted service and payments for the needed urinalysis and oral fluid testing.
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To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to modify and extend the contract with Kroll Laboratory, Inc. (formerly known as Scientific Testing Laboratories, Inc.); to authorize the expendi...
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