Explanation
BACKGROUND: This legislation authorizes the Director of Public Safety to enter into an agreement with the Community Crime Patrol, Inc. to assist the Division of Police in identifying suspicious activities indicative of criminal behavior and reporting them. The Community Crime Patrol Inc. provides teams of patrollers who monitor the residential neighborhoods surrounding the Ohio State University, South Clintonville, the Hilltop area, Franklinton, Merion Village Area, Olde Towne East/Franklin Park, Northland/North Linden Area and many city parks. The duration of this agreement will be March 1, 2018 through February 28, 2019. The Community Crime Patrol is funded by the City of Columbus, The Ohio State University, and the United Way of Central Ohio.
Emergency Designation: This legislation is presented as an emergency to ensure that the community crime patrol program continues without interruption.
FISCAL IMPACT: This ordinance authorizes the Public Safety Director to enter into a contract with the Community Crime Patrol for a total of $375,000.00 for the patrol of selected neighborhoods in the City of Columbus. The Community Crime Patrol was funded at $763,000.00 in 2012 and 2013, $700,000.00 in 2014, and $375,000.00 in 2015 and 2016 for patrol activities. Last year the CCP was funded at $390,000.00.
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To authorize the Director of the Department of Public Safety to enter into contract with the Community Crime Patrol, Inc. to provide citizen patrollers to assist the Division of Police in the control and prevention of crime in The Ohio State University District, South Clintonville, Hilltop, Franklinton, Merion Village Area, Olde Towne East/Franklin Park, and the Northland/North Linden Area; to authorize the expenditure of $375,000.00 from the General Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($375,000.00)
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WHEREAS, the Department of Public Safety's 2018 General Fund operating budget allocates funding to contract with the Community Cr...
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