Explanation
Resolution 175X-2004, adopted by City Council on October 4, 2004, authorized the City of Columbus to enter into an agreement with Franklin County for the purpose of establishing the Columbus/Franklin County Homeland Security Planning Board. That resolution needs to be repealed and replaced with a revised resolution to reflect minor changes to the composition of that board as agreed to between Columbus and Franklin County. This board is being created in order to provide planning and funding for local Homeland Security efforts.
Title
To authorize the City of Columbus to enter into an agreement with the government of Franklin County, Ohio to establish the Columbus/Franklin County Homeland Security Planning Board; to repeal Resolution 175X-2004, adopted on October 4, 2004; and to declare an emergency.
Body
WHEREAS, since September 11, 2001, the Government of the United States of America has created agencies and funding resources to provide for the security of the fifty states of the United States, now referred to as Homeland Security; and
WHEREAS, in establishing these agencies and funding resources the national government has provided funding opportunities to regions of the United States whose units of local government establish cooperative agreements among themselves that are designed to effectively plan and fund local Homeland Security efforts; and
WHEREAS, the Central Ohio area has been designated as an urban area initiative; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to repeal Resolution 175X-2004 and adopt this revised resolution to accurately reflect the composition of the Columbus/Franklin County Homeland Security Planning Board as agreed to by the parties; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City of Columbus in that it is immediately necessary to adopt this resolution as an emergency measure to enable this agreement to be entered into immediately and to ensure that the board is establ...
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