Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant totaling $65,000.00 from the Bureau of Criminal Justice, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund. The grant will partially subsidize salaries and fringe benefits for one person in the specialized dockets: Learning to Identify and Navigate Change (LINC) program.
FISCAL IMPACT
$65,000.00 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
Emergency legislation is requested so funds can be utilized immediately and stop paying employees from the general fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant totaling $65,000.00 from the Bureau of Criminal Justice for the purpose of partially subsidizing salaries and fringe benefits for one person in the specialized dockets; to appropriate $65,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($65,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court continue to receive support for the specialized dockets; and
WHEREAS, grant monies from the Bureau of Criminal Justice, in the amount of $65,000.00, are available to provide for salaries and benefits of one person in the specialized dockets; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the city in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept the aforementioned grants funds from the Bureau of Criminal Justice to provide funding to pay salaries under the Program so as not to continue to use general fund funding for that purpose, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety, and welfare; and Now, Therefore,
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