Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to expend $451,165.00 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 $79 per day was established in May 2011. This ordinance is a request to encumber an additional $451,165.00 towards jail per diem expenses to ensure that sufficient funds are available to pay for expenditures through February of 2012. These funds are in addition to the $3,800,000.00 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 $5.3 million in the 2011 General Fund budget for the jail contract with Franklin County. Ordinance 0316-2011, approved by City Council on March 14, 2011 established $3.8 million for jail per-diem expenses. This ordinance authorizes an additional $451,165.00 for the jail contract. Therefore, the city's total jail contract encumbrance with Franklin County is expected to be $4,251,165.00 for 2011. The city's cost of housing prisoners with Franklin County was $4,490,115.00 in 2010 and 5,303,352 in 2009.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to expend funds for the use of the Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners; to authorize the expenditure of $451,165.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($451,165.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the...
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