Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Department of Public Safety, Division of Police, was awarded funding through the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services. The Division of Police will use this award titled the Columbus LPR Violence Reduction Project for the next two years to install 32 fixed Licenses Plate Readers (LPRs) and required wiring to assist investigative detectives with evidence gathering regarding the whereabouts of individuals suspected of committing homicides and felonious assaults. The cost breakdown for this two-year grant award is as follows: Contractual services $228,000.
The official city program contact authorized to act in connection with this $228,000.00 grant is Lieutenant Julie Williams. The grant award start date is July 1, 2024 and ends June 30, 2026.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to make the funds available as soon as possible as the grant award effective date was July 1, 2024 and the Division needs to procure the services and deploy the technology as soon as possible which will assist in our efforts to solve crimes.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an acceptance of the $228,000.00 grant award and the appropriation of those funds from the Office of Criminal Justice to fund contractual services for the City's Division of Police. This is a new grant award for 2024. All funds appropriated are reimbursable from the grant award.
Title
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus, on behalf of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Police, to accept the award from the Ohio Department of Public Safety, Office of Criminal Justice Services; to authorize Lieutenant Williams, as the official city representative to act in connection with this grant; to authorize an appropriation of $228,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the cost of the Grant activities and expenditures; and to decla...
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