Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept an additional amount of $51,194.00 from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and to appropriate the same amount from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund.
The Court was already awarded $76,409 plus this new additional amount of $51,194 will bring the grant total to $127,603.
This grant will fund the salaries and fringe benefits of five probation officers and a supervisor who will provide pretrial assessments and supervision to defendants in custody awaiting arraignment in the Municipal Court. With regard to charge severity, pre-trial services will be limited to those defendants appearing in Municipal Court arraignment for a minor misdemeanor, criminal misdemeanor and/or OVI. The program will not include the following charge categories: Traffic, Felony (conducted by Common Pleas pre-trial program), and Domestic Violence. Aggregate data from 2014 suggests the pre-trial pilot program could potentially provide screening services for close to 800 individuals over the 18-month performance period with a sub-set of that population eligible to receive pre-trial supervision and case management services.
This is additional amount awarded to the grant. Additional amounts could be awarded at a future date. There was a delay in the State's budget, so it gave a provisional amount prior to the budget being approved, with the expectation that once the budget was approved, additional amounts would be awarded.
Emergency Legislation is requested so that the grant funds can be used as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT $51,194.00 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept an additional award from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; to appropriate $51,194....
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