Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding 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 the salaries and fringe benefits of two probation officers who will perform specialized supervision to individuals with electronic monitoring 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 and Presiding 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 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($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 electronic monitoring; 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 two probation officers and to pay for the work release program; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court, in that it is necessary to accept this grant for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property and safety; Now, Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant in the amount of $346,205...
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