Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $24,000 from the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security & Justice Programs, and to appropriate the total amount of the grant from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Probation Department of the Franklin County Municipal Court. This grant will fund services provided by Equitas Health for Intimate Partner Abuse Programming (IPAP) specifically for the LGBTQI community.
Emergency Legislation is requested so that the grant funds can be used as close to the start date of April 1 as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT
$24,000.00 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 Franklin County Office of Homeland Security & Justice Programs; to appropriate $24,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($24,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court receive support to be responsive to the unique needs and issues faced by those under its care who are part of the LBGTQI community; and
WHEREAS, grant monies from the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security & Justice Programs, in the amount of $24,000 are available to provide for IPAP programming; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the City in that it is immediately necessary to approve the acceptance of this grant so that the grant funds can be used as close to the start date of April 1 as possible; now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Administrative Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept a grant in the amo...
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