Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to accept the SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates Grant # 2013SADOME537 from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General for the funding of the SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates program within the City Attorney's Office. The Domestic Violence unit of the City Attorney's Office assists witnesses and victims of domestic violence thorugh the legal process and provides counseling, referrals and linkage with agencies and community resources.
Emergency action is requested to allow for the uninterupted continuation of this grant program.
Fiscal Impact:
There are no matching funds required and therefore no cost to the general fund by accepting this grant.
Title
To authorize the acceptance of a grant from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General; to authorize the appropriation of grant funds in the amount of Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-three Dollars ($9,743.00) for the continued funding of the SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates program; and to declare an emergency. ($9,743.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, has awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office, a grant in the amount of Nine Thousand Seven Hundred Forty-three Dollars ($9,743.00) for the 12-13 SVAA Domestic Violence Advocates Grant, 2013SADOME537, for the period of October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney desires authority to accept said grant award; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the City Attorney's Office, in that it is necessary to immediately accept and appropriate the grant funds in order that the services supported may continue uninterrupted and for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized to accept a grant award in the...
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