Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, for the funding of the SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates program within the City Attorney's Office. The Domestic Violence Unit of the City Attorney's Office assists witnesses and victims of domestic violence through the legal process and provides counseling, referrals, and linkage with agencies and community resources. This ordinance will further authorize the appropriation and expenditure of the funds.
Emergency action is requested to allow for the uninterrupted continuation of this grant program.
Fiscal Impact:
There are no matching funds required and therefore no cost to the general fund by accepting this grant.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to accept the 11-12 SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, in the amount of $9,743.00 for the funding of the SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates program; to authorize the appropriation of said funds; and to declare an emergency. ($9,743.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, has awarded the Columbus City Attorney's Office a grant in the amount of Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-three Dollars ($9,743.00) for the 11-12 SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates Grant No. 2012-SA-DOME-537 for the grant period of October 1, 2011 through September 30, 2012; and
WHEREAS, there is no required match for this grant; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the Columbus City Attorney's Office in that it is necessary to immediately accept, appropriate and authorize expenditure of the grant award in order that the services supported may continue uninterrupted and for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO
SECTION 1. That the Columbus City Attorney is he...
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