Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $977,167 from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund.
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 in custody for criminal misdemeanor and/or OVI. The program will not include the following charge categories: Traffic and Felony (conducted by Common Pleas pre-trial program). The grant will also pay for some equipment.
Emergency Legislation is requested so the grant funds can be used as closed to the start date as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT
$977,167.00 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 a grant award from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction; to appropriate $977,167.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($977,167.00)
Body
WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court receive support for this enhanced probationary services for defendants awaiting trail; and
WHEREAS, grant monies from the State of Ohio, Department of Rehabilitation and Correction, in the amount of $977,167.00 are available to provide for salaries and benefits for six employees and to pay for the for program expenses; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court in that it is immediatel...
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