Explanation
This legislation authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant from ADAMH of Franklin County, for assistance in paying for Specialty Docket graduations. The Specialty Dockets have graduations for the participants of each docket once they complete their program.
EMERGENCY ACTION is requested in order for this funding to be in place as soon as possible.
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To authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award ADAMH of Franklin County, for assistance in paying for Specialty Docket graduations; to appropriate $6,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund; and to declare an emergency. ($6,000.00)
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WHEREAS, grant monies from ADAMH of Franklin County, in the amount of $6,000 are available to provide for Specialty Docket graduations; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operations of the city in that it is immediately necessary to accept the aforesaid grant for Specialty Docket graduations, and to appropriate the aforementioned funds to assure that this grant is able to commence as soon as possible, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. To authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from ADAMH of Franklin County, for assistance in paying for Specialty Docket graduations.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the general government grant fund, fund 220 and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the twelve months ending December 31, 2013, the sum of $6,000 is appropriated to the Franklin County Municipal Court, department number 2501, grant number 251303, oca 251303 as follows: $6,000 to object level 1 - 02, object level3 - 2000.
SECTION 3. That the grant submitted to City Council is hereby approved and accepted in all respects, and, the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Administrative and Presiding Judge; 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 hereof, this ordinance in 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.