Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept an addendum to the transportation grant in the amount of $363.15 from Operation Legal Help Ohio, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the specialized dockets of the Franklin County Municipal Court, the total amount of the grant. This grant will provide transportation services to participants of the Military and Veteran Service (MAVS) program.
FISCAL IMPACT
$363.15 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
EMERGENCY LEGISLATION is requested so that the Court can begin expending the funds as soon as possible.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept an addendum to the transportation grant from Operation Legal Help Ohio; to appropriate $363.15 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court; and to declare an emergency. ($363.15)
Body
WHEREAS, it is in the city’s best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court to continue to receive support for the specialized dockets; and
WHEREAS, additional grant monies from Operation Legal Help Ohio in the amount of $363.15 have been awarded to provide transportation services to participants of Military and Veteran’s Court; and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Court, in that it is immediately necessary to accept the aforementioned grant to provide transportation services and to appropriate and transfer the necessary funds for the program thereby preserving the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare; Now, Therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court be and is hereby authorized to accept an addendum to the transpor...
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