Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance appropriates $700,000 to the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges from the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund for 2018 to provide sufficient funds to pay the cost of attendance at court-ordered drug and alcohol treatment centers. The Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services (ADAMH) Board administers the indigent driver alcohol treatment program of the Court, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 4511.191 (N). This legislation is considered an emergency measure to ensure the continuation of uninterrupted payments to the treatment centers.
FISCAL IMPACT: There are sufficient funds available within the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund to support the requested appropriation level for 2018.
EMERGENCY: Emergency legislation is required to authorize the appropriation of funds to ensure the continuation of uninterrupted payments to the treatment centers.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $700,000.00 from the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges, pursuant to the requirements of the Ohio Revised Code and funding the indigent driver alcohol treatment program; and to declare an emergency. ($700,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2070-90 was submitted by the City Attorney's Office and passed by Columbus City Council on July 23, 1990, which established the indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund; and
WHEREAS, the Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services (ADAMH) Board administers the indigent drivers alcohol treatment program of the Court, pursuant to O.R.C. 4511.191 (N); and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges in that it is immediately necessary to appropriate the aforementioned funds, in order to provide sufficient funds to pay the cost of attendance at court-ordered drug and alcohol treatment centers, thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare...
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