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File #: 2182-2018    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 7/18/2018 In control: Public Safety Committee
On agenda: 7/30/2018 Final action: 8/2/2018
Title: To authorize the Director of Public Safety to enter into an agreement with the Office of Criminal Justice Services, State of Ohio, to participate in the Construction Zone OT FFY 2018 project; to authorize an appropriation of $25,139.52 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of the Construction Zone OT FFY 2018 project; and to declare an emergency. ($25,139.52)
Attachments: 1. FY18 Construction Zone Grant Award Letter, 2. FY18 Construction Zone Grant funding string

Explanation

 

BACKGROUND:  This legislation is a request to enter into an agreement with the Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS), Ohio Department of Public Safety for a Construction Zone Overtime reimbursement project and to appropriate the funds needed to cover the costs of this program.  The Federal funds provided for this project are to focus on speed enforcement in the construction zones on I-71 and I-33 within the inner belt freeway system.  This program will monitor lanes of travel through specified construction zone areas through the use of sworn police officer overtime.  The authorized activity period for this project is July 13, 2018 through September 30, 2018.

 

EMERGENCY DESIGNATION:  Emergency legislation is necessary for funds to be available for the project activities at the earliest possible time because the authorized activity period started July 13, 2018.

 

FISCAL IMPACT:  This ordinance authorizes an appropriation of $25,139.52 in the General Government Grant Fund for an agreement with the State of Ohio for the Construction Zone OT FFY 2018 project on the roadways in the City of Columbus.  All funds appropriated are reimbursable from the State of Ohio.

 

Title

 

To authorize the Director of Public Safety to enter into an agreement with the Office of Criminal Justice Services, State of Ohio, to participate in the Construction Zone OT FFY 2018 project; to authorize an appropriation of $25,139.52 from the unappropriated balance of the General Government Grant Fund to the Division of Police to cover the costs of the Construction Zone OT FFY 2018 project; and to declare an emergency. ($25,139.52)

 

Body

 

WHEREAS, the Office of Criminal Justice Services (OCJS) will provide project funds of $25,139.52 for the Construction Zone OT FFY 2018 project to the City of Columbus, Division of Police; and

 

WHEREAS, an appropriation is needed to cover the costs of the Construction Zone OT FFY 2018 project to the City of Columbus Division of Police; and

 

WHEREAS, emergency designation is needed to make the project funding available at the earliest possible time for the project activity period that started July 13, 2018 and ends September 30, 2018; and

 

WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Division of Police, Department of Public Safety, in that it is immediately necessary to enter into the aforementioned agreement for the Construction Zone OT FFY 2018 project and to appropriate $25,139.52 for the project costs, 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 Director of Public Safety be and hereby is authorized to enter into an agreement with the Office of Criminal Justice Services, State of Ohio, to accept, appropriate, and expend an award in the amount of $25,139.52 which represents funding for the Construction Zone OT FFY 2018 project.

 

SECTION 2.  That from the unappropriated monies in the General Government Grant Fund and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the project period, the sum of $25,139.52 is appropriated in Fund 2220 General Government Grants in Object Class 01 Personnel per the account codes in the attachment to this ordinance.  This appropriation is effective upon receipt of the fully-executed agreement.

 

SECTION 3.  That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon order of the Director of Public Safety and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except by voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.

 

SECTION 4.  That at the end of the grant period, any repayment of unencumbered balances required by the grantor is hereby authorized and any unused City match monies may be transferred back to the City fund from which they originated in accordance with all applicable grant agreements.

 

SECTION 5.  That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby declared 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.