Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept five grants totaling $253,500 from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund. These grants will partially subsidize the salaries and fringe benefits for one employee in each of the specialized dockets.
FISCAL IMPACT
$253,500.00 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
EMERGENCY
Emergency legislation is requested to authorize the court to accept the grants and begin supplementing payroll.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept five grants totaling $253,500.00 from the Bureau of Criminal Justice; to appropriate $253,500.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($253,500.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court continue to receive support for the specialized dockets; and
WHEREAS, grant monies from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services, in the amount of $253,500, are available to provide for salaries and benefits one person in each of the specialized dockets; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept the grants and start providing funding for payroll, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, Therefore;
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept five grants totaling $253,500 from the Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services.
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