Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Franklin County Municipal Court Administrative and Presiding Judge to modify and extend the contract with Community Transition, Inc. (CTC) and authorizes the expenditure of up to an additional $200,000 from the Municipal Court indigent driver alcohol treatment fund for on-going in-patient chemical dependency treatment for indigent OVI offenders.
On April 3, 2006, City Council passed ordinance number 0500-2006 enabling the Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into contract with CTC. Ordinance number 0385-2007 passed by City Council on April 9, 2007 enabled the Franklin County Municipal Court to modify the contract with CTC, extending the contract through March 31, 2008. The Court has determined, for continuity of service that it is in its best interest to modify and extend the contract with CTC for in-patient chemical dependency treatment.
Community Transition, Inc., an Ohio not-for-profit corporation, is licensed by the Ohio Department of Alcohol and Drug Addiction Services (ODADAS), the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and by the American Correctional Association, and possesses the necessary level of expertise to provide the treatment services and the Court has a need for an ODADAS certified outpatient treatment program.
This company is not debarred according to the Excluded Party Listing System of the Federal Government or prohibited from being awarded a contract according to the Auditor of State Unresolved Findings for Recovery Certified Search.
Community Transition, Inc. contract compliance number is 311744590 expires 2/24/08
FISCAL IMPACT: The 2008 budget for the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund appropriated funds for the purpose of in-patient chemical dependency treatment for OVI offenders.
This legislation is considered an emergency measure to ensure the continuation of uninterrupted payments to the treatment center.
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