Explanation
BACKGROUND: This ordinance authorizes the Public Safety Director to expend $4.8 million for the use of the Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of City of Columbus prisoners. Franklin County contracts with several local governments, including the City of Columbus, for housing of prisoners charged with municipal code violations. The contracts were established under the Ohio Revised Code Section 1905.35. 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.
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 $4.8 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 $5.2 million in the 2014 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 2015 budget is established. The city's cost of housing prisoners with Franklin County was $4,390,333 in 2011, $4,474,553 in 2012 and $4,577,602 in 2013.
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To authorize and direct the Director of Public Safety to expend funds with the Franklin County Commissioners for the use of the Franklin County Correction Centers for the housing of prisoners; to authorize the expenditure of $4,800,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($4,800,000.00)
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WHEREAS, Franklin County contracts with several local governments, incl...
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