Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to accept a grant award from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, for the 2015 Lethality Assessment Program (LAP) training for law enforcement and victim service providers. The office will utilize funds to support printing and supply costs for LAP materials provided attendees of the training session.
The Columbus City Attorney's Office along with 19 local law enforcement jurisdictions located in Franklin County, the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, the Franklin County Homeland Security & Justice Programs, CHOICES, Nationwide Hospital's Center for Family Safety and Healing, Ethiopian Tewahedo Social Services, Ohio Hispanic Coalition, BRAVO, DWAVE, and SARNCO have partnered to bring the Maryland Model - Lethality Assessment Program (LAP), created by the Maryland Network Against Domestic Violence to Central Ohio. The LAP is an innovative strategy to prevent domestic violence homicides and serious injuries.
Fiscal Impact:
There is no required match for this grant.
Project period: 01/01/15 - 03/31/15
Federal Share: $2,630.00
Matching funds: $0
Total Grant Award: $2,630.00
Emergency Designation:
The City Attorney's office requests emergency designation to allow the grant activities to commence as soon as possible.
Title
To authorize the acceptance of a grant from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, in the amount of Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Dollars for the funding of the 2015 VAWA Lethality Assessment Program Training for Law Enforcement Program; to authorize the appropriation of said funds; and to declare an emergency. ($2,630.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, has awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office, a grant in the amount of Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Dollars ($2,630.00) for the 2015 VAWA Lethality Assessment Program Training for Law Enforcement Program; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney desires to accept said grant award; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the daily operation of the city in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate the grant award in order that the services supported may commence as soon as possible and for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; and, now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. That the City Attorney is hereby authorized to accept a grant award in the amount of Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Dollars ($2,630.00) from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners, Office of Homeland Security and Justice Programs, for the 2015 VAWA Lethality Assessment Program Training for Law Enforcement Program.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the General Government Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the project award period the sum of Two Thousand Six Hundred Thirty Dollars ($2,630.00) is appropriated as follows: department 2401, fund 220, 2015 VAWA Lethality Assessment Program Training for Law Enforcement Grant, grant number 241504, organizational cost account 241504, object level three 2201, $298.14 and object level there 3352, $2,331.86.
SECTION 3. That funds appropriated shall be paid upon order of the City Attorney 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. That 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. That the funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are deemed appropriated upon receipt of the executed grant agreement.
SECTION 6. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is 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.