Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into contract with Alvis, Inc. for safe housing and GRaSP (Group Response Supervision Program) facilitators. The Court was awarded a grant from the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections to pay for these costs.
The grant provides $63,875.00 for a short term safe housing environment for persons leaving jail and beginning intensive outpatient substance abuse treatment.
The grant provides $224,841.96 for three individuals to facilitate evidence based programming for the court’s low/moderate risk probationers.
EMERGENCY ACTION is requested in order to start both programs as soon as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT: The funds are available in the general grant fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to enter into contract with Alvis, Inc for safe housing and GRaSP facilitators and to authorize the expenditure of up to $288,716.96 for services from the JCORE grant; and to declare an emergency. ($288,716.96)
Body
WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court receive support for an enhanced probationary service for offenders; and
WHEREAS, funds in an amount up to an amount not to exceed $288,716.96 are budgeted within the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges Grant Fund for this contractual agreement; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court in that it is immediately necessary to authorize the Administrative and Presiding Judge to enter into a contract and associated expenditures with the Alvis, Inc. in order to assure the start of the assessments thereby preserving the public peace, property, health, safety, and welfare; Now, Therefore
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS
SECTION 1. That the Administrating and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to enter into contract with Alvis, Inc. for safe housing and GRaSP facilitators through June 30, 2019, and to authorize the expenditure in an amount not to exceed $288,716.96 from the general government grant fund according to the account codes in the attachment.
SECTION 2. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is declared to be an emergency measure and shall take effect and be in force from and after its passage and approval by the Mayor, or ten days after passage if the Mayor neither approves nor vetoes the same.