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BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health has been awarded a grant from U.S. Department of Justice, through the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA). This ordinance is needed to accept and appropriate $5,000.00 in grant money to fund the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program, for the period March 8, 2021 through June 30, 2021.
The primary purpose of the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program, held the week of April 18, 2021 through April 24, 2021, is to renew commitment to serving all victims of crime, to acknowledge the achievements in victim services and allied professions, to honor those who have gone above and beyond in their service to others, and to remember crime victims and survivors.
This ordinance is submitted as an emergency due to the timing of the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program, which is held April 18, 2021 through April 24, 2021.
FISCAL IMPACT: The National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program is entirely funded by the grant from the U.S. Department of Justice, through the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) and does not generate revenue or require a City Match.
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To authorize and direct the Board of Health to accept a grant from the National Association of VOCA Assistance Administrators (NAVAA) in the amount of $5,000.00 for the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program that renews commitment to serving all victims of crime, to acknowledge the achievements in victim services and allied professions, to honor those who have gone above and beyond in their service to others, and to remember crime victims and survivors; to authorize the appropriation of $5,000.00 from the unappropriated balance of the Health Department Grants Fund; and to declare an emergency. ($5,000.00)
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WHEREAS, $5,000.00 in grant funds have been made available through the Ohio Department of Health for the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program for the period of March 8, 2021 through June 30, 2021; and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to accept and appropriate these funds from the U.S. Department of Justice for the support of the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program and,
WHEREAS, this ordinance is submitted as an emergency so as to allow the financial transaction to be posted in the City's accounting system as soon as possible. Up to date financial posting promotes accurate accounting and financial management; and,
WHEREAS, an emergency exists in the usual daily operation of Columbus Public Health in that it is immediately necessary for the Board of Health to accept these grant funds from the U.S. Department of Justice and to appropriate these funds to Columbus Public Health for the immediate preservation of the public health, peace, property, safety and welfare, and to avoid delay in client services; Now, therefore,
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COLUMBUS:
SECTION 1. That the Board of Health is hereby authorized and directed to accept a grant award of $5,000.00 from the U.S. Department of Justice for the National Crime Victims’ Rights Week Community Awareness Project grant program for the period March 8, 2021 through June 30, 2021.
SECTION 2. That from the unappropriated monies in the Health Department's Grants Fund, Fund No. 2251, and from all monies estimated to come into said Fund from any and all sources during the grant period, the sum of $5,000.00 and any eligible interest earned during the grant period is hereby appropriated to the Health Department, Division No. 5001, according to the attached accounting document.
SECTION 3. That the monies appropriated in the foregoing Section 2 shall be paid upon the order of the Health Commissioner and that no order shall be drawn or money paid except upon voucher, the form of which shall be approved by the City Auditor.
SECTION 4. 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. Funds necessary to carry out the purpose of this ordinance are hereby deemed appropriated, and the City Auditor shall establish such accounting codes as necessary.
SECTION 6. That for 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.