Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the appropriation of matching funds for the 2013 JAG Cyber Crime Investigator and Domestic Violence Victim Advocate Grant. The acceptance of said grant and the transfer of the required matching funds were authorized by Ordinance 0090-13 passed 02/14/13.
Fiscal Impact:
The required matching funds of $21,666.67 were included in the City Attorney's 2013 General Fund Budget.
Emergency Designation:
Emergency action is requested to allow the grant activities to proceed without interruptions.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of funds within the General Government Grant fund for the funding of the 2013 JAG Cyber Crime Investigator and DV Advocate grant in the amount of Twenty-one Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-six and 67/100 Dollars and to declare an emergency. ($21,666.67)
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WHEREAS, the U.S. Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Assistance, Ohio Office of Criminal Justice Services, awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office a grant for the 2013 Cyber Crime Investigator and Domestic Violence Victim Advocate program; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of said grant required matching funds in the amount of Twenty-one Thousand Six Hundred Sixty-six and 67/100 Dollars; and
WHEREAS, the transfer of said matching funds into the General Government Grant Fund was authorized by ordinance 0090-13, and
WHEREAS, there is now a need to appropriate said matching funds; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the City Attorney's Office in that it is necessary to immediately appropriate the matching grant funds in order that the services supported may continue without interruptions and for the preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO
SECTION 1. That from the unappropriated monies in the General Government Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fu...
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