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 and services. The staff acts as liaisons to the City Prosecutor and work with the victims of crime when a perpetrator has been placed on probation.
Emergency Legislation is requested so the grant funds can be used as closed to the start date as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT $143,123.53 will be expended from the General Governmental 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, 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 thereby preserving the public healt...
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