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) 2016 NOVA Conference grant. Said funding is for the attendance by two staff of the Domestic Violence Unit of the City Attorney’s Office at a seminar held by the National Organization of Victim Advocates (NOVA) in Atlanta, GA. 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:
The required matching funds are included in the City Attorney's 2016 General Fund Budget.
State Share: $2,880.00
Match Required: 720.00
Total Grant Award: $3,600.00
Grant Award Period 10/01/15 - 09/30/16 (Award was made in August, 2016)
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 2016 VOCA NOVA grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General, in the amount of $2,880.00; to authorize the appropriation of said grant funds; to authorize the transfer of matching funds in the amount of $720.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($3,600.00)
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 $2,880.00 for the 2016 VOCA NOVA Conference Grant, 2016-VOCA-34012830 to fund attendance by two staff of the City Attorney’s Domestic Violence Unit at the 2016 NOVA conference;
WHEREAS, the acceptance of said grant requires matching funds in the amount of $720.00; and
WHEREAS, the City Attorney desires to accept said grant award; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City Attorney's Office in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the City Attorney to accept and appropriate the grant funds, and transfer the matching funds so that the activities supported may commence, all for the preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and now therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS, OHIO:
SECTION 1. That the City Attorney be and hereby is authorized to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Office of the Attorney General in the amount of Two Thousand Eight Hundred Eighty Dollars ($2,880.00) for the 2016 VOCA NOVA Conference Grant, 2016-VOCA-34012830.
SECTION 2. That the transfer of Seven Hundred Twenty Dollars ($720.00), or so much thereof as may be needed, is hereby authorized between fund 1000-100010 General Operating and fund 2220 General Government Grants per the account codes to be determined by the Auditor and in the attachment to this ordinance.
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 Three Thousand Six Hundred Dollars ($3,600.00) is appropriated in fund 2220, General Government Grants, Object Class 03, Contractual Services, per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
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 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.