Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance provides Fifty Thousand Dollars ($50,000.00) to Friends of the Community Relations Commission, a non-profit organization, to be distributed to a wide variety of community groups and organizations in support of the Mayor's Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus. Friends of the Community Relations Commission will be responsible for distributing city grant funds, up to a total of $1,000 each to, civic associations, neighborhood block watch groups, faith-based organizations, and non-profits etc. These grants are intended to provide financial support for one time costs for neighborhood-led initiatives that address crime and safety within Columbus neighborhoods. The Department of Public Safety will review grant applications and decide on grant recipients.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to meet grant deadlines and make the funds available immediately for distribution to address crime prevention and safety initiatives.
FISCAL IMPACT: This legislation authorizes the expenditure of $50,000.00 from Public Safety's 2012 operating budget to be distributed by Friends of the Community Relations Commission to community groups who will address crime and safety within Columbus neighborhoods. The Public Safety Director's office budgeted $50,000 in the 2012 General Fund operating budget for the Mayor's Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus initiative. Public Safety partnered with Crime Stoppers inc. in 2011 for the distribution of approximated $45,000.00 to area groups in support of the Coalition for a Nonviolent Columbus.
Title
To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to enter into contract with Friends of the Community Relations Commission, a non profit organization, to provide funds to be distributed to community groups and organizations for crime prevention and safety programs, in support of the Mayor's Coalition for Nonviolent Columbus initiative; to authorize an expenditure of $50,000.00;...
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