Explanation
BACKGROUND: The City of Columbus has been awarded a Federal Fiscal Year 2015 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 FY15 JAG award will provide funds for the purchase of 11 used vehicles for permanent use within the five city patrol zones to allow regular patrol personnel and community response teams reassigned to patrol to covertly address crime patterns as identified by Division crime analysts. Expenditures for the project will cover the purchase costs of the used vehicles, only. 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 January 1, 2016.
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 FY15 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 $169,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs associated with the FY15 Justice Assistance Grant Law Enforcement Vehicle Project; and to declare an emergency. ($169,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Columbus Division of Police seeks to enhance and expand their ability to covertly locate and interdict identified criminal activity across the five city patrol zones; an...
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