Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the appropriation and expense of $86,625.00 for fiscal year 2016 within the Franklin County Municipal Court’s Assisted Self Help indigent fund. Construction of the space for the Franklin County Municipal Court Self Help Resource Center was recently completed by Franklin County, and limited operations began in January 2016. The Self Help Resource Center will be operational on a full-time basis within the next month. The program provides information about the court system and non-legal assistance to civil litigants qualifying as indigent and appearing pro se before the Court.
To support the program, the Franklin County Municipal Court instituted a special project cost, as authorized by Ohio Revised Code, § 1901.26(B)(1). The project cost is a $1.00 charge for all civil, traffic, and criminal cases. Funds are to be used for the Franklin County Municipal Court to pay the Moritz College of Law for services of an attorney to staff and provide services at the Self Help Resource Center.
The contract currently in effect between Moritz and the Franklin County Municipal Court requires contract renewal in the spring. This allows Moritz to post the position and compete with other employers to attract top candidates graduating from law school in May. Due to Moritz’s hiring procedures, under which it cannot post for the position until the underlying contract is renewed, it is critical that the contract be renewed as soon as possible in April 2016.
Contract Compliance Number: Moritz College of Law (Ohio State University) 316025986
EMERGENCY: Emergency action is requested to provide for OSU’s hiring time frame.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $86,625.00 for 2016 from the unappropriated balance of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges assisted civil self-help fund and to contract with the Moritz College of Law; and to declare an emergency. ($86,625.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appr...
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