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) for equipment for the Domestic Violence and Pretrial Services Advocates program within the City Attorney's Office. This program assists witnesses and victims of misdemeanor domestic violence, stalking and related crimes through the legal process and provides counseling, referrals, and linkage with agencies and community resources. 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:
Grant Period: 10/01/15 - 09/30/16
State Share: $18,400.00
Matching funds: $4,600.00
Total Grant: $23,000.00
Emergency Action:
The City Attorney’s Office is requesting emergency action designation so as to allow for the uninterrupted continuation of this grant program.
Title
To authorize the City Attorney to accept the 15-16 VOCA Equipment grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, in the amount of $18,400.00 for the Domestic Violence and Pretrial Services Advocates program; to authorize the appropriation of said grant funds; to authorize the transfer and appropriation of matching funds in the amount of $4,600.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($23,000.00)
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 Eighteen Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($18,400.00) for the 15-16 VOCA Equipment Grant, 2015-VOCA-19815738; and
WHEREAS, the term of the grant is for the period October 1, 2015 through September 30, 2016; and
WHEREAS, the acceptance of the grant requires the City Attorney to supply matching funds in the amount of Four Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($4,600.00); and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Attorney's Office in that it is immediately necessary to accept the award, appropriate the grant funds, and transfer and appropriate the matching funds so that the services may continue uninterrupted, all for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; 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 from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, in the amount of Eighteen Thousand Four Hundred Dollars ($18,400.00) for the 15-16 VOCA Equipment Grant No. 2015-VOCA-19815738.
SECTION 2. That the amount of Four Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($4,600.00) is hereby transferred from the General Fund of the City Attorney's Office as follows:
FROM: department 2401, general fund, fund number 010, organizational cost account 240101, object level three 1000.
TO: department 2401, general fund, fund number 010, organizational cost account 240101, object level three 5501.
FROM: department 2401, general fund, fund number 010, organizational cost account 240101, object level three 5501.
TO: department 2401, general government grant fund, fund number 220, 15-16 VOCA Equipment Grant, grant number 241508, organizational cost account 241508, object level three 0886.
SECTION 3. 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 Twenty-three Thousand Dollars ($23,000.00) is appropriated: department 2401, fund number 220, 15-16 VOCA Equipment Grant, grant number 241508, organizational cost account 241508, object level three 2000.
SECTION 4. That funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 5. 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 6. 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 7. 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.