Explanation
Background:
This legislation will authorize the City Attorney to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, for the funding of the Victims of Crime Act (VOCA) 2015 NOVA Conference grant award. Said funding is for the attendance by staff of the Domestic Violence Unit of the City Attorney’s Office at a seminar held by the National Organization of Victim Advocates (NOVA). This ordinance will further authorize the appropriation of the grant funds and the transfer and appropriation of the matching funds required by the grant award.
Fiscal Impact:
State Share: 1,564.00
Match Required: 391.00
Total Grant Award: 1,955.00
Grant Award Period 10/01/14 - 09/30/15
Emergency Action:
The City Attorney’s Office is requesting emergency action due to the timing of the award and the conference.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to accept the 2015 VOCA NOVA grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General in the amount of $1,564.00; to authorize the appropriation of said grant funds; to authorize the transfer and appropriation of matching funds in the amount of $391.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($1,955.00)
Body
WHEREAS, the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, has awarded the City of Columbus, City Attorney's Office, a grant in the amount of One Thousand Five Hundred Sixty-four Dollars ($1,564.00) for the 2015 VOCA NOVA Conference Grant, 2015-VOCA-14590067; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of said grant requires the City Attorney to supply matching funds in the amount of Three Hundred Ninety-one Dollars ($391.00); and
WHEREAS, the grant award is to fund attendance of one staff of the City Attorney’s Domestic Violence Unit at the 2015 NOVA conference; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Attorney's Office in that it is immediately necessary to accept and appropriate funds and transfer and appropriate the matching funds s...
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