Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to modify a contract with Community Crime Patrol, Inc. to continue to assist the Division of Police in identifying suspicious activities indicative of criminal behavior and reporting them. Community Crime Patrol provides teams of patrollers who monitor the residential neighborhoods. It also assists other City departments in reporting code enforcement, water/sewer, and street lighting issues. The duration of this agreement will continue to be from March 1, 2024 through February 28, 2025 or until funds are exhausted. Community Crime Patrol is funded by the City of Columbus and the East Main Street Special Improvement District. The modification will add $75,000.00 for the existing term of the contract in order to allow Community Crime Patrol to continue services uninterrupted and to cover administrative costs for programming.
FISCAL IMPACT: The funding of $75,000.00 is available within the Public Safety Initiatives subfund.
EMERGENCY ACTION is requested in order to ensure the continuation of the program without interruption.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to modify a contract with Community Crime Patrol, Inc., a non-profit organization, to continue to provide citizen patrollers to assist the Division of Police in the control and prevention of crime in residential neighborhoods; to authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $75,000.00 from the Public Safety Initiatives subfund; and to declare an emergency. ($75,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety's 2024 general fund operating budget allocates funding to contract with Community Crime Patrol, Inc. for the patrol of City of Columbus neighborhoods; and,
WHEREAS, the Community Crime Patrol, Inc. provides citizen patrollers in these areas who assist the Division of Police in identifying suspicious activities indicative of criminal behavior and repo...
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