Explanation
BACKGROUND
Need: The City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded funding through the FY2004 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act. The grant is providing funds for training and travel costs of forensic lab personnel related to accreditation, certification, education, and training to improve the quality and timeliness of forensic science services. It is also funding additional equipment to enhance the safety for personnel performing latent fingerprint analysis. The City must act as a subgrantee to the State of Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services according to the federal grant guidelines. Therefore, the Mayor is required to sign a subgrantee award to accept on behalf of the City. The official City program contact authorized to act in connection with this grant is Crime Lab Manager, Jami St. Clair.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is needed to make the funds available as soon as possible because of the need to meet registration deadlines for upcoming training opportunities.
Fiscal Impact: There is no fiscal impact for the General Fund Account. All funds appropriated are reimbursable from the grant award.
Title
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a subgrantee award through the FY2004 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act via the State of Ohio, Office of Criminal Justice Services, to authorize Jami St. Clair as the official representative to act in connection with the subgrant, to authorize an appropriation of $20,436.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of the FY04 Coverdell subgrant project and to declare an emergency ($20,436.00).
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus Division of Police has been awarded funding through the FY04 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Sciences Improvement Act for the training of forensic lab personnel and the purchase ...
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