Explanation
BACKGROUND:
Ordinance 1002-2015 was done for appropriation and expense of $86,000 for fiscal year 2015 within the Franklin County Municipal Court's fund for Assisted Civil Self Help - Indigent. The program will provide information about the court system and non-legal assistance to civil litigants qualifying as indigent and appearing pro se before the Court.
To support the program, the Franklin County Municipal Court instituted a special project cost as authorized by Ohio Revised Code, ยง 1901.26(B)(1). The project cost is a $1.00 charge for all civil, traffic, and criminal cases.
Funds are to be used for the Franklin County Municipal Court to contract with the Ohio State University Moritz College of Law for services of an attorney to staff and provide services at the Help Center.
The cost of benefits at Ohio State University has subsequently increased, requiring an additional appropriation of $625.00.
Contract Compliance Number: Moritz College of Law (Ohio State University) 316025986
EMERGENCY: Emergency action is requested.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $625.00 for 2015 from the unappropriated balance of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges assisted civil self-help fund; to contract with the Moritz College of Law; and to declare an emergency. ($625.00)
Body
WHEREAS, an appropriation of funds from the Assisted Civil Self Help - Indigent fund is necessary in order to start the Help Center; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge to enter into this contract with Moritz College of Law to provide service for the Help Center; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court in that it is immediately necessary to enter into said contract and authorize the expenditures to Moritz College of Law so that the court can continue uninterrupted payments to the vendor, and for the preservation of the public health, peace, safety, and...
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