BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $346,205 from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Probation Department of the Franklin County Municipal Court, the total amount of the grant. This grant will fund a the salaries and fringe benefits of three probation officers who will perform specialized supervision to individuals with multiple convictions for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs and the work release program.
FISCAL IMPACT
$346,205.00 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; to appropriate $346,205.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court. ($346,205.00)
Body
WHEREAS, , it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court continue to receive support for its enhanced probationary services for offenders with multiple convictions for operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol or drugs; and
WHEREAS, grant monies from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, in the amount of $346,205 are available to provide for salaries and benefits of three probation officers and to pay for the work release program; and
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $346,205 from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction.
SECTION 2. Funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated. That from the...
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