Explanation
TO THE HONORABLE MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL:
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation of $280,886.00 and reflects the anticipated expenses for fiscal 2004 in Special Revenue Fund No. 227, Subfund 003, Probation Fees. These funds are currently being collected as a one-time probation supervision fee for all individuals placed under probation supervision by the Court, effective December 1, 1995. The collection of said funds was authorized by Amended Substitute House Bill Number 406, signed into law in August, 1994. The Franklin County Municipal Court Judges incorporated the collection of Probation Fees into Local Court Rule 13 effectve December 1, 1995 at the amount of $20.00 per case.
These funds are to be utilized for the enhancement of probation services, not to supplant existing funds. The intent of these funds is to provide for specialized probation staff, the purchase of needed equipment, the purchase of services and other similar probation-related expenses not currently available to the Court's Department of Probation Services.
Surplus money in this fund at the end of the fiscal year shall not revert to the Treasury of the City but shall be retained in this special fund.
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To authorize an appropriation of $280,886.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Special Revenue Fund, Probation Fees, for all anticipated expenses associated with the enhancement of probation services, and to declare an emergency ($280,886.00).
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WHEREAS: an appropriation of funds is necessary in order to continue with the enhancement of probation services and the payment thereof, and
WHEREAS: an emergency exisits in the usual daily operation of the Municipal Court Judges in that it is immediately necessary to undertake said activities, all for the immediate preservation of the public health, safety and welfare; now therefore;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1: That the sum of $280,886.00 be a...
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