Explanation
This ordinance authorizes the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a grant agreement with Alvis 360 in support of special duty officer services in the Driving Park neighborhood.
The Driving Park neighborhood on the Near East side experiences a crime rate that is disproportionately higher than many other city neighborhoods. In an effort to reduce crime, strengthen police-community relations, and improve the neighborhood profile for ongoing economic and residential redevelopment, Columbus City Council and the Mayor intend to provide funding to support special duty officers in the neighborhood.
Alvis 180 has demonstrated their dedication to the Driving Park neighborhood, most recently with the creation of a community treatment center on Livingston Avenue. With additional support of $20,000 from the Buckeye Community Hope Foundation, Alvis 180 will be able to implement special duty service in the area.
Fiscal Impact: Funding is available within the Public Safety Initiatives subfund and in the general fund.
Emergency action is requested to avoid any delay in initiating special duty patrol services in the Driving Park neighborhood.
Title
To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into a grant agreement with Alvis 180 for the provisioning of special duty police in Driving Park; to authorize an appropriation within the Public Safety Initiatives subfund; to authorize a transfer within the general fund; to authorize an expenditure of $74,480.00; and to declare an emergency. ($74,480.00)
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WHEREAS, the Driving Park neighborhood on the Near East side experiences a crime rate that is disproportionately higher than many other city neighborhoods; and
WHEREAS, in an effort to reduce crime, strengthen police-community relations, and improve the neighborhood profile for ongoing economic and residential redevelopment, Columbus City Council and the Mayor intend to provide funding to support special duty officers in the neighborhood; and
WHEREAS, the city will partner with Alvis 180 and the Buckeye Community Hope Foundation for the implementation of special duty service; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily business of the city in that it is immediately necessary to enter into a grant agreement with Alvis 360 in order to avoid any delay in implementing special duty police services in Driving Park; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Director of Public Safety is hereby authorized to enter into a grant agreement with Alvis 180 for the provisioning of special duty police in Driving Park.
SECTION 2. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to appropriate $29,740.00 in the Public Safety Initiatives subfund, fund 1000, subfund 100016, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
See Attached File: Ord 2052-2017 Legislation Template.xls
SECTION 3. That the City Auditor is hereby authorized and directed to transfer appropriations within the general fund, fund 1000, per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
See Attached File: Ord 2052-2017 Legislation Template.xls
SECTION 4. That the expenditure of $74,480.00 or so much thereof as may be needed pursuant to the actions authorized in SECTION 1, is hereby authorized per the accounting codes in the attachment to this ordinance.
See Attached File: Ord 2052-2017 Legislation Template.xls
SECTION 5. That this contract authorized in SECTION 1 of this ordinance is awarded pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 329 that relates to not-for-profit service contracts.
SECTION 6. That the City Auditor is authorized to make any accounting changes to revise the funding source for all contracts or contract modifications associated with this legislation.
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.