Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept five grants totaling $236,730 from the Bureau of Criminal Justice, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund. This grant will fund a portion of the salaries and fringe benefits for one person in each of the specialized dockets.
FISCAL IMPACT
$236,730.00 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 five grants totaling $236,730.00 from the Bureau of Criminal Justice; to appropriate $236,730.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($236,730.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court continue to receive support for the specialized dockets; and
WHEREAS, grant monies from the Bureau of Criminal Justice, in the amount of $236,730 are available to subsidize a portion of the salaries and benefits of one person in each of the specialized dockets; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges in that it is immediately necessary to accept these grants, thereby preserving the public peace, property, health, safety, and welfare; Now, Therefore
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 five grants totaling $236,730 from the Bureau of Criminal Justice.
SECTION 2. Funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated. That from the unappropriated balance in the general government grant fund, fund 220, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and appropriated for any other purpose during the twelve months ending June 30, 2015, the sum of $236,730 is appropriated to the Franklin County Municipal Court, department number 2501 as follows:
Grant 251402, oca 251402, object level 1 - 01, object level 3 - 1000, $44,295
Grant 251403, oca 251403, object level 1 - 01, object level 3 - 1000, $46,441
Grant 251404, oca 251404, object level 1 - 01, object level 3 - 1000, $45,618
Grant 251405, oca 251405, object level 1 - 01, object level 3 - 1000, $50,700
Grant 251406, oca 251406, object level 1 - 01, object level 3 - 1000, $49,676
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court 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 grant is hereby authorized.
SECTION 5. That for the reason stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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 proves nor vetoes the same.