Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Public Safety Director to expend $4.5 million for the use of the Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners. The City of Columbus and Franklin County entered into a contract CT-15777 that charges a per diem amount for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners. This contract, signed in 1994 by the County Commissioners and the city, is amended periodically only for per diem increases. The current per diem amount of $79 per day was established in May 2011. This ordinance is a request to expend $4.5 million of prisoner expenses with the Franklin County Sheriff for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners.
Bid Information: N/A
Contract Compliance Number: N/A
Emergency Designation: An emergency designation will ensure timely payments to Franklin County.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes an expenditure of $4.5 million from the General Fund operating budget of the Public Safety Director's office to pay Franklin County for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners. The Public Safety Department budgeted $6.0 million in the 2012 General Fund budget for the housing of prisoners with Franklin County. Additional funds will be encumbered later in the year if necessary to ensure the availability of funds before the 2013 budget is established. The city's cost of housing prisoners with Franklin County was $4,390,333 in 2011 and $4,490,115 in 2010.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to expend funds for the use of Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners; to authorize the expenditure of $4,500,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($4,500,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the City of Columbus desires to continue its agreement with the Franklin County Commissioners for the housing of prisoners in the Franklin County Correctional Centers; and
WHEREAS, it is...
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