Explanation
BACKGROUND:
This ordinance appropriates $550,000 to the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges from the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund for 2020 to provide sufficient funds to pay the cost of attendance at court-ordered drug and alcohol treatment centers. The Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services (ADAMH) Board administers the indigent driver alcohol treatment program of the Court, pursuant to Ohio Revised Code 4511.191 (N).
FISCAL IMPACT: There are sufficient funds available within the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund to support the requested appropriation level for 2020.
EMERGENCY: Emergency legislation is required to authorize the appropriation of funds to ensure the continuation of uninterrupted payments to the treatment centers.
Title
To authorize the appropriation of $550,000.00 from the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges to provide funds to pay the cost of attendance at court-ordered drug and alcohol treatment centers; ADAMH administers the indigent driver alcohol treatment program of the Court, pursuant to the Ohio Revised Code; and to declare an emergency. ($550,000.00)
Body
WHEREAS, Ordinance No. 2070-90 was submitted by the City Attorney's Office and passed by Columbus City Council on July 23, 1990, which established the indigent drivers alcohol treatment fund; and
WHEREAS, it is necessary to appropriate $550,000 to the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges from the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund for 2020 to provide sufficient funds to pay the cost of attendance at court-ordered drug and alcohol treatment centers; and
WHEREAS, the Alcohol, Drug Addiction, and Mental Health Services (ADAMH) Board administers the indigent drivers alcohol treatment program of the Court, pursuant to O.R.C. 4511.191 (N); and
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of the Franklin County Municipal Court Judges in that it is immediately necessa...
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