Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes and directs the city auditor to transfer $836,000 from the Special Income Tax fund to the voted 95/99 Safety bond fund, and to further authorize the transfer of said funds from the Safety bond fund to Public Safety's Interoperable Communications Technology Grant fund. The city of Columbus has been awarded grant funds of approximately $2.5 million by the United States Department of Justice, Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) for the purchase of radio consoles, radio system interconnect device and portable radios for the Police and Fire communications center. This equipment is needed for connecting city and county talk groups at the dispatching level for interoperability between city and county systems.This transfer allows the city's twenty-five percent share of the total project expenditure to be certified against the special income tax fund as a temporary measure until bonds are sold. This ordinance also amends the 2003 Capital Improvement Budget (CIB).
EMERGENCY ACTION is requested in order to enter into contract before the end of the year and realize savings of about $150,000 in software upgrade fees.
FISCAL IMPACT: The transfer amount of $836,000 is part of the recommended 2004-2009 CIP. This transfer from the special income tax is only a temporary measure until bonds are sold in 2004, at which time the SIT will be reimbursed for this transaction.
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To authorize and direct the City Auditor to transfer $836,000 from the Special Income Tax Fund to Public Safety's voted 95/99 bond fund; to transfer said funds from Safety's bond fund to the COPS Interoperable Communications Technology grant fund for the purchase of Police and Fire Communications equipment; to amend the 2003 Capital Improvement Budget, and to declare an emergency. ($836,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the need exists to provide matching funds of 25% to supplement a grant of $2.5 million awarded by the United States Departm...
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