Explanation
BACKGROUND: The Division of Police has been awarded a FY2011 Paul Coverdell Forensic Science Improvement Act grant. This is a federal grant program from the U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Justice Programs, National Institute of Justice. The City must be a sub grantee to the State of Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services to participate in this program according to the federal grant guidelines. Therefore, the Mayor is required to sign a subgrantee award to accept this grant on behalf of the City. The official City contact authorized to act in connection with this grant is Crime Lab Manager, Jami St. Clair. The grant program provides funds to improve forensic crime lab activities. This award will fund training and travel costs for Columbus Police Department forensic lab personnel to attend new and/or updated forensic training and pay overtime costs for work on ballistics and drug analysis.
EMERGENCY DESIGNATION: Emergency legislation is needed to make the grant funds available as quickly as possible for upcoming training registration deadlines. The grant award period started October 1, 2011.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the acceptance and appropriation of a grant in the amount of $45,628.07 from the Federal government for training and overtime costs for the City's Crime Lab. There will be no fiscal impact on the General Fund. All funds appropriated are reimbursable from the grant award.
Title
To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a subgrantee award through the FY2011 Paul Coverdell National Forensic Science Improvement Act via the State of Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services; to authorize Jami St. Clair, Crime Lab Manager, as the official city representative to act in connection with the subgrant; to authorize an appropriation of $45,628.07 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of the subgrant proje...
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