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 necessary to appropriate the aforementioned funds, in order to provide sufficient funds to pay the cost of attendance at court-ordered drug and alcohol treatment centers, 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 from the unappropriated monies in the special revenue fund known as the indigent driver alcohol treatment fund, and from all monies estimated to come into said fund from any and all sources and unappropriated for any other purpose during the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020 the sum of $550,000.00 is appropriated.
SECTION 2. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 1 shall be paid upon order of the Franklin County Court Judges; 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 3. That for the reasons stated in the preamble hereto, which is hereby made a part hereof, this ordinance is hereby 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.