Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus has been awarded a Federal Fiscal Year 2013 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 FY13 JAG award will provide funds for the purchase of a replacement color printer/scanner for emergency and event planning, maps, diagrams and maintaining information for the Columbus Division of Police Emergency Management Unit (EMU) and Emergency Operations Center (EOC) located in the Police Central Headquarters building. The City will 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.
Emergency Designation: Emergency legislation is necessary to make the funds available as soon as possible for the grant award start date of June 1, 2015 and effective through August 31, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT: All appropriated funds will be reimbursed by the grant award.
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To authorize and direct the Mayor of the City of Columbus to accept a subgrantee award through the FY13 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 $450.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs associated with the FY13 Justice Assistance Grant EOC Printer Project; and to declare an emergency. ($450.00)
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WHEREAS, the current Emergency Management Unit and Emergency Operations Center in the Police Headquarters building is in need of updated equipment; and
WHEREAS, the City of Columbus, Division of Police, was award...
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