Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant addendum in the amount of $30,000 from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund. To authorize a contract with StepMobile for the purchase of five kiosks to run Ohio Community Supervision System (OCSS) and support. The Court already been awarded $2,919,563.00. OCSS is a State initiative related to Senate Bill 86 and the Court is required to use the State program. Per the State of Ohio - Ohio Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation this is a sole source vendor as they are contracted with the vendor to design a program specific to the State.
The purpose of this grant is to provide funds to the Franklin County Municipal Court Department of Probation and Pre-trial Services to adopt policies and practices based on the latest research on how to reduce the number of offenders on probation supervision who violate the conditions of their supervision. This addendum allows for the purchase of five kiosks from StepMobile.
This grant will continue to fund the salaries and fringe benefits of 15 existing probation officers. They will provide pretrial assessments and supervision to defendants in custody awaiting arraignment in the Municipal Court and perform specialized supervision of individuals placed on electronic monitoring. With regard to charge severity, pre-trial services will be limited to those defendants appearing in Municipal Court arraignment in custody for criminal misdemeanor and/or OVI. The program will not include the following charge categories: Traffic and Felony (conducted by Common Pleas pre-trial program).
StepMobile LLl Federal Tax ID is 47-3459867 18 W Fourth Street Mansfield, OH 44907
Contract Compliance Number: StepMobile's contract compliance number is CC-019332, expired 3/21/19, pen...
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