Explanation
BACKGROUND
This ordinance authorizes the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept a subsidy modification to increase the award amount and extend the expiration date of the original award from the Bureau of Criminal Justice for the five Specialized Dockets totaling $100,000, to enter into contract with Avertest DBA AverHealth, and to appropriate from the unappropriated balance of the general government grant fund.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, additional funding was made available in the amount of $20,000 per specialized docket. These additional funds will be used to supplement drug and alcohol testing costs incurred by the Court’s 5 specialized dockets: Changing Actions to Change Habits (CATCH), Learning to Identify and Navigate Change (LINC), Recovery Court, Helping Achieve Recovery Together (h.a.r.t.), and the Military and Veteran Service (MAVS) program.
There are two parts to the program: one is a random drug testing system. The court has specialty docket probationer’s names put into a system and then at random they are called monthly or weekly to come in for a drug test. The second part is if a defendant or a specialty docket probationer shows up for court and appears to be under the influence of drugs, they can be escorted to Avertest for an instant drug test.
RFQ017813 was done and closed on March 23, 2021. Two bids were received; Avertest and Recovery Trek. Avertest has the better pricing and won the bid.
Avertest DBA Averhealth federal tax id is 27-3929226.
FISCAL IMPACT
$100,000.00 will be expended from the General Government Grant Fund.
Emergency legislation is requested so funds can be utilized immediately.
Title
To authorize and direct the Administrative and Presiding Judge of the Franklin County Municipal Court to accept additional funding for five grants totaling $100,000.00 from the Bureau of Criminal Justice for the purpose of supplementing the costs of drug and alcohol t...
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