Ord 0399 -2004 Bad Check Diversion Program 2004 Appropriation
.Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the appropriation of $150,000.00 from the fund generated by fees collected from the City Attorney's Bad Checks Program to pay the annual salary of the Bad Checks Program Coordinator and for the services of various professional mediators.
Fiscal Impact: The Bad Checks Program is entirely funded from collected fees.
Title
To authorize the appropriation and expenditure of $150,000.00 from the fees collected by the City Attorney's Bad Checks Program for the purpose of paying the salary of the Program Coordinator and the cost of professional mediation services, and to declare an emergency.
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WHEREAS, administrative fees are imposed and collected by the City Attorney's Office for the Bad Checks Program; and
WHERAS, the cost of this program is solely supported by the fees collected, and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Attorney's Office, in that it is necessary to immediately authorize the appropriation and expenditure of these collected fees for the continuance of the program and for the preservation the pubic health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate One Hundred Fifty Thousand and no/100 Dollars ($150,000.00) from the Special Purposes Fund as follows:
Div/Dept 24-01 24-01
Fund Bad Check Fees Bad Check Fees
Fund # 223 223
Object level 3 3336 1101
OCA Code 223131 223131
Amount $80,000.00 $70,000.00
SECTION 2. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized and directed to expend those funds for the purpose of paying the salary of the Bad Checks Program Coordinator and for professional meditation services.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing section sh...
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