Explanation
Background:
Ordinance 2507-2012 passed 12/05/12 authorized the acceptance of the 2012-2013 Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) Domestic Violence Advocates Grant #2013-VA-DOME-537 by the City Attorney's Office. This legislation will authorize the transfer and appropriation of matching funds required by the acceptance of said grant.
Fiscal Impact:
The required matching funds of $30,526.00 are included in the City Attorney's 2013 General Fund Budget.
Project period: 10/01/12 - 09/30/13
Federal Share: $91,577.00
Matching funds: $30,526.00
Total Grant: $122,103.00
Emergency Designation:
Emergency action is requested to allow the grant activities to continue without interruption.
Title
To authorize the transfer and appropriation of matching funds in the amount of Thirty Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-six Dollars for the funding of the 2012-2013 VOCA DV Advocates program and to declare an emergency. ($30,526.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office a grant for the 2012-2013 VOCA DV Advocates Grant program, #2013-VA-DOME-537; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of the grant was authorized by ordinance 2507-2012, passed on 12/5/12; and
WHEREAS, the grant requires the City Attorney to supply matching funds in the amount of Thirty Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-six Dollars ($30,526.00); and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in tha it is immediately necessary to transfer and appropriate the matching funds in order that the services supported may continue without interruption and for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. That the matching funds required by the 2012-2013 VOCA DV Advocates grant in the amount of Thirty Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-six Dollars ($30,526.00) is hereby transferred as follows:
FROM: department 2401, general fund, fund number 010, organizational cost account 240564, object level three 1101.
TO: department 2401, general fund, fund number 010, organizational cost account 240564, object level three 5501.
FROM: department 2401, general fund, fund number 010, organizational cost account 240564, object level three 5501.
TO: department 2401, 2012-2013 VOCA DV Advocates Grant fund, grant 241202, fund number 220, organizational cost account 241202, object level three 0886.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the General Government Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the project award period the sum of Thirty Thousand Five Hundred Twenty-six Dollars ($30,526.00) is appropriated as follows: department 2401, 2012-2013 VOCA DV Advocates, grant number 241202, fund number 220, organizational cost account 241202, object level three 1101.
SECTION 3. That funds appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the City Attorney and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. At the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.
SECTION 5. Funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated.
SECTION 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part thereof, this ordinance is hereby declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.