City of Columbus - File #: 1426-2008

• File #: 1426-2008
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 9/3/2008
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 10/6/2008
• Final action: 10/8/2008
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to expend funds for the use of Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners; to authorize the expenditure of $1,900,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,900,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
10/8/2008	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
10/7/2008	1	MAYOR	Signed
10/6/2008	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
10/6/2008	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
9/24/2008	1	Safety Drafter	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
9/18/2008	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/18/2008	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
9/12/2008	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/12/2008	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/12/2008	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/5/2008	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/5/2008	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
9/5/2008	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/4/2008	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
9/3/2008	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval

Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to expend $1.9 million for the use of the Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners. The City of Columbus and Franklin County entered into a contract, numbered CT-15777, that charges a per diem amount for the housing of prisoners, thus eliminating the need for an annual reconciliation. This contract, signed in 1994 by the County Commissioners and the city is amended periodically only for per diem increases. The current per diem amount of $70 per day was established in January 2002. This ordinance is a request to encumber additional $1.9 million towards jail per diem expenses to ensure that sufficient funds are available to pay for expenditures through February of 2009. These funds are in addition to the $5,920,000.00 that was established for jail expenses earlier this year.

Bid Information: N/A

Contract Compliance Number: N/A

Emergency Designation: An emergency designation will insure timely payments to Franklin County.

FISCAL IMPACT: The Public Safety Director's office budgeted $8.4 million in the 2008 General Fund budget for the jail contract with Franklin County. Ordinance 0054-2008, approved by City Council on May 12, 2008 established $5.92 million for jail per-diem expenses. This ordinance authorizes an additional $1.9 million for the jail contract. Therefore, the city's total jail contract expenditure with Franklin County is expected to be $7.82 million for 2008. The amount for 2007 was $7,800,380, $8.4 million in 2006 and $9.9 million in 2005. Total credits taken in 2007 and early 2008 amounted to $8,184,957.

Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to expend funds for the use of Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners; to authorize the expenditure of $1,900,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,...