City of Columbus - File #: 0094-2011

• File #: 0094-2011
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 1/12/2011
• In control: Public Safety & Judiciary Committee
• On agenda: 3/7/2011
• Final action: 3/8/2011
• Title: To authorize and direct the transfer of $10,041.00 from the Fire Division General Fund Operating Budget to the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund; to appropriate $50,000.00 within the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
3/8/2011	1	MAYOR	Signed
3/8/2011	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
3/7/2011	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
3/7/2011	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
2/25/2011	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/25/2011	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
2/25/2011	1	Safety Reviewer	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
2/24/2011	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/24/2011	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/24/2011	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/23/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/23/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/23/2011	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/22/2011	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
2/22/2011	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/17/2011	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
2/3/2011	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
1/18/2011	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval

Title
To authorize and direct the transfer of $10,041.00 from the Fire Division General Fund Operating Budget to the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund; to appropriate $50,000.00 within the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($50,000.00)

Explanation
BACKGROUND An agreement between the city and IAFF Local 67 resulted in the establishment of the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund in December 2003. The agreement calls for the yearly deposit of seven percent of savings from the prior year's purchase of fire uniforms compared to the benchmark amount of $850,000 into this fund. There is now a need to transfer $10,041.00 from the Fire Division General Fund Operating Budget to the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund to provide funding for travel for the Fire Division's Honor Guard, Pipe and Drum, CISM members, technical committees, etc. In order to expend said funding, an appropriation of $50,000.00 within said fund is necessary.

Bid Information: N/A

Contract Compliance: N/A

Emergency Designation: Emergency action is requested to make these funds available for immediate use.

FISCAL IMPACT: There is sufficient appropriation within the Fire Division's 2010 General Fund Operating Budget to accommodate this transfer of funds. Fire's budget for uniforms in 2011 will be reduced by the amount of the transfer. A total of $24,010.00 was transferred from the general fund to Fire's Quarter Master Incentive Travel fund in 2010.

Body
WHEREAS, there is a need to transfer $10,041.00 from the Fire Division Operating Budget to the Quarter Master Incentive Travel Fund to provide funding for travel and appropriate unencumbered cash for immediate use; and

WHEREAS, an emergency situation exists in the usual daily operation of the Department of Public Safety, Division of Fire, in that it is immediately necessary to transfer and appropriate funds for the aforementioned purpose for the preservation of the public health, ...