Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $143,123.53 from the State of Ohio, Crime Victim Assistance Office, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Probation Department of the Franklin County Municipal Court, the total amount of the grant. This grant will fund a portion of the salaries and fringe benefits of two (2) victim assistant staff for the continuation of a program to assist probation officers primarily in the domestic violence unit. The grant will also pay for supplies, training, and bus passes. The staff acts as liaisons to the City Prosecutor and works with the victims of crime when a defendant has been placed on probation.
FISCAL IMPACT
No general fund resources are needed.
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION is requested so that the Court can begin expending the funds as soon as possible. The grant start date was 10/1/16 but was just awarded.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the State of Ohio, Crime Victims Assistance Office; to appropriate $143,123.53 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($143,123.53)
Body
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of the City of Columbus to provide victim services in the Franklin County Municipal Court, Department of Probation Services; and
WHEREAS, a grant from the State of Ohio, Crime Victims Assistance Office in the amount of $143,123.53 has been awarded to provide a portion of the costs; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the city, in that it is immediately necessary to accept the aforementioned grant to continue probationary services in the area of victim assistance and to appropriate and transfer the necessary funds for the program the...
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