Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus has been awarded unallocated funds from Federal Fiscal Year 2011/12/13 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) award from the Bureau of Justice Assistance, Office of Justice Programs via the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs. The JAG program provides funding to allow states and local governments to support a broad range of activities to prevent and control crime and improve the criminal justice system. The FY11/12/13 JAG award for DNA Interpretation Improvements is for the purchase of expert system software to enable police crime lab personnel to more efficiently process DNA samples with multiple sources. The award includes funding for personnel training in the use of the system and software support and upgrades. The City must act as subgrantee to the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs. Therefore, the Mayor is required to sign a subgrantee award on behalf of the City. The official City program contact authorized to act in connection with this grant is Police Crime Lab Manager Jami St Clair.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to make the awarded funds available as soon as possible because the grant period start date is September 1, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT: JAG Grant Funds that were not allocated in FY11/12/13 have been awarded to the City for DNA Interpretation Improvement. All appropriated funds will be reimbursed by the grant award.
Title
To authorize the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a subgrantee award through the FY11/12/13 Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) Program from the Bureau of Justice Assistance via the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs; to authorize an appropriation of $69,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs associated with the DNA Interpretation Improvements Project; and to declare an emergency. ($69,00...
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