Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant in the amount of $26,000 from the Franklin County Office of Justice Policy & Programs, and to appropriate the total amount of the grant from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Probation Department of the Franklin County Municipal Court. This grant will fund services provided by Equitas Health for Intimate Partner Abuse & Batterer’s Intervention Programming specifically for the LGBTQ community.
Emergency Legislation is requested so that the grant funds can be used as close to the start date of April 1 as possible.
FISCAL IMPACT
$26,000.00 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a grant award from the Franklin County Office of Homeland Security & Justice Programs; to appropriate $26,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund to the Franklin County Municipal Court Department of Probation and Pretrial Services for the purpose of providing Intimate Partner Abuse & Batterer’s Intervention Programming specifically for the LGBTQ community; and to declare an emergency. ($26,000.00)
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WHEREAS, it is in the city's best interest that the Franklin County Municipal Court receive support to be responsive to the unique needs and issues faced by those under its care who are part of the LBGTQ community; and
WHEREAS, grant monies from the Franklin County Office of Justice Policy & Programs, in the amount of $26,000 are available to provide for Domestic Violence programming; 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 accept this grant so that the grant funds can be used as cl...
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