Explanation
Background: In 2023, the Columbus City Attorney and Columbus Division of Police secured a competitive 3-year United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women grant to guide effective, local implementation Ohio Senate Bill 288 making strangulation a felony offense and to provide direct advocacy services for felony victims (ord. # 2765-2023, grant # G242305).
Grant funds were appropriated to both departments to support grant staff, supplies and training. The Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, requests authority to transfer $77,344 in unexpended personnel funds within the grant project account to the City Attorney’s Office. These personnel funds will be used by the City Attorney to make the part-time victim advocate funded by this Office on Violence Against Women award into a full-time position for 2025.
This legislation authorizes the City Auditor to transfer $77,344.00 in grant appropriation from the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, to the City Attorney's Office for their shared United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women grant. It also approves ongoing authority for both departments to request the City Auditor to transfer project appropriations between departments and divisions to achieve grant goals within the award time frame.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact.
Title
To authorize the City Auditor to transfer $77,344.00 in grant appropriation from the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, to the City Attorney's Office for their shared United States Department of Justice, Office on Violence Against Women grant; and to approve ongoing authority for both departments to request the City Auditor to transfer project appropriations between departments and divisions to achieve grant goals within the award time frame ($77,344.00).
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WHEREAS, in 2023, the City Attorney's Office and the Division of Police secured a competitive 3-year United States D...
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