City of Columbus - File #: 1524-2010

• File #: 1524-2010
• Version: 1
• Type: Ordinance
• Status: Passed
• File created: 10/15/2010
• In control: Safety Committee
• On agenda: 11/1/2010
• Final action: 11/4/2010
• Title: To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to expend funds for the use of the Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners; to authorize the expenditure of $1,517,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,517,000.00)

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result
11/4/2010	1	CITY CLERK	Attest
11/3/2010	1	MAYOR	Signed
11/1/2010	1	Columbus City Council	Approved	Pass
11/1/2010	1	COUNCIL PRESIDENT	Signed
10/22/2010	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/22/2010	1	Auditor Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/22/2010	1	CITY AUDITOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/22/2010	1	Safety Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/22/2010	1	CITY ATTORNEY	Reviewed and Approved
10/22/2010	1	Safety Reviewer	Sent to Clerk's Office for Council
10/21/2010	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/21/2010	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/21/2010	1	Finance Reviewer	Reviewed and Approved
10/21/2010	1	FINANCE DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved
10/18/2010	1	Safety Drafter	Sent for Approval
10/18/2010	1	SAFETY DIRECTOR	Reviewed and Approved

Explanation
Background: This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to expend $1,517,000.00 for the use of the Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners. The City of Columbus and Franklin County entered into a contract, numbered CT-15777, that charges a per diem amount for the housing of prisoners, thus eliminating the need for an annual reconciliation. This contract, signed in 1994 by the County Commissioners and the city is amended periodically only for per diem increases. The current per diem amount of $70 per day was established in January 2002. This ordinance is a request to encumber an additional $1,517,000 towards jail per diem expenses to ensure that sufficient funds are available to pay for expenditures through February of 2011. These funds are in addition to the $1,950,000.00 that was established for jail expenses earlier this year.

Bid Information: N/A

Contract Compliance Number: N/A

Emergency Designation: An emergency designation will insure timely payments to Franklin County.

FISCAL IMPACT: The Public Safety Director's office budgeted $6.0 million in the 2010 General Fund budget for the jail contract with Franklin County. Ordinance 0630-2010, approved by City Council on May 24, 2010 established $1,950,000.00 for jail per-diem expenses. This ordinance authorizes an additional $1,517,000.00 for the jail contract. Therefore, the city's total jail contract encumbrance with Franklin County is expected to be $3,470,000.00 for 2010. The city's cost of housing prisoners with Franklin County was $5,303,352 in 2009 and $7,018,685 in 2008. However, because of credits from prior years' over payments, the city only paid $6,367,972 of the 2008 costs.



Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to expend funds for the use of the Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners; to authorize the expenditur...